Re: Bug#395430: [PATCH] doc: note the order in which wc counts are printed

[Benoît Knecht]

Hi Pádraig,

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 11/07/11 22:10, Benoît Knecht wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
> 
> > +The options below may be used to select which counts are printed, always 
> > in\n\
> > +the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line 
> > length.\n\
> 
> Well worth adding.
> How about rewording to line up with the long options. I.E.
> 
> +the following order: lines, words, chars, bytes, max-line-length.\n\

Well I prefer not using abreviations in documentation (char ->
character, max -> maximum); of course, those are obvious, but I think
it's in general better to use plain words. As for line vs. newline, I
have no preference, I simply used the term from the first part of the
description (for the same reason, I used the singular form, as in
"newline count").

Thanks for your comments.

-- 
Benoît Knecht