bug#10019: sort options -Mn are incompatible

[Eric Blake]

On 11/16/2011 10:21 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>> Sure.  Here's the current state of things in patch format; any last
>> objections before I push this?
> ...
>> Subject: [PATCH] sort: clarify wording on -k syntax
>>
>> * src/sort.c (usage): Use KEYDEF instead of POS, and call out the
>> specific OPTS that can occur in KEYDEF.
>> Based on a report by Lars Noodén, http://bugs.gnu.org/10019
> ...
>> +KEYDEF is F[.C][OPTS][,F[.C][OPTS]] for start and stop position, where
>> F is a\n\
>> +field number and C a character position in the field; both are origin
>> 1, and\n\
>> +the stop position defaults to the line's end.  If neither -t nor -b is
>> in\n\
>> +effect, characters in a field are counted from the beginning of the
>> preceding\n\
>> +whitespace.  OPTS is one or more single-letter ordering options
>> [bdfgiMhnRrV],\n\
>> +which override global ordering options for that key.  If no key is
>> given, use\n\
>> +the entire line as the key.\n\
> 
> Thanks.  That reads well.

Pushed.

> Note that some tool of yours appears to have split many lines of that patch.

That's what I get for pasting into a Thunderbird compose window, instead
of sending as an attachment.  Obviously, the patch itself is not line
split that badly.

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