> From: Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 24 Oct 2001 12:09:59 +0200
>
> Tell me how to align the other options, and help us fixing bugs.
Well, you asked, so here's my opinion: don't align at all.
I long ago gave up on aligning options.
For example, here's what I do in my --help output:
-i --ignore-case Consider upper- and lower-case to be the same.
-w --ignore-all-space Ignore all white space.
-b --ignore-space-change Ignore changes in the amount of white space.
-B --ignore-blank-lines Ignore changes whose lines are all blank.
...
Here are some advantages of not aligning:
* It looks equally nice with varying-width fonts.
This is becoming more important with time (e.g. GNU Emacs 21).
* You waste less room on white space, so the output can be more informative.
* You don't have to respond to bug reports about stuff not lining up. (:-)
