tag 376291 wontfix thanks On Sun, 02 Jul 2006, Jari Aalto wrote: > | On Sat, 01 Jul 2006, Jari Aalto wrote: > | > When searching for command, the listing of the page could be better. > | > For lookup, Please organize the BTS server command listing > | > alphabetically: > | > | While I'll definetly entertain suggestions for improving the order and > | the documentation; alphabetical is not an improvement, because related > | options are no longer listed together. [If you're searching for a > | specific option, almost all webservers have searching on a single page > | available.] > > The alphabetical would be much better. The current page does not > follow any direct logical order, although some grouping can be > sensed. E.g. there is no single order one would expect commands to > be ordered. Person A might expect "close" to be next to "quit .. > stop", Person B might wonder why the page starts with "reassign" > command and Person C why "found" is near the top when it is seldomly > used.
Ordering them alphabetically makes even less sense than someone's guess at a useful order by grouping similar commands together. Suggestions and/or patches with an improvement in order requested; changing the order to alphabetical isn't an improvement, so marking this wontfix. [Even most manuals try to group related actions toghether; for the most part that page attempts to.] Don Armstrong -- Quite the contrary; they *love* collateral damage. If they can make you miserable enough, maybe you'll stop using email entirely. Once enough people do that, then there'll be no legitimate reason left for anyone to run an SMTP server, and the spam problem will be solved. -- Craig Dickson in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
