[systemd-devel] [PATCH 2/2] journalctl: indent line-wrapped descriptions in --help message

Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek zbyszek at in.waw.pl
Wed Dec 18 21:04:04 PST 2013


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 09:36:28PM -0500, Jason St. John wrote:
> It's difficult to read the --help text when there are no indents for
> line-wrapped descriptions, so add indenting to provide a visual cue.
> ---
> I used an eight-space indent to match the coding style for systemd. If this is
> too much indentation space, I can resubmit with four-space indents or whatever
> else you feel is more appropriate.
Applied both, but I undid some of the changes. --help should contain terse explanation,
really intended to remind the reader who already knows what they are for.

I also the same changes to zsh completion help.

Zbyszek


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