bug#75916: Making ls(1)'s --format clearer

2025-01-28 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 28/01/2025 20:00, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, ls(1) says this about --format: --format=WORD across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C It was not clear at all for my students (and not for me either, actually), that it's the wo

bug#75916: Making ls(1)'s --format clearer

2025-01-28 Thread Samuel Thibault
Pádraig Brady, le mar. 28 janv. 2025 20:20:54 +, a ecrit: > On 28/01/2025 20:00, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > ls(1) says this about --format: > > > > --format=WORD > > across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, > > verbose -l, vertical -C > > > > It was no

bug#75916: Making ls(1)'s --format clearer

2025-01-28 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, ls(1) says this about --format: --format=WORD across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l, single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C It was not clear at all for my students (and not for me either, actually), that it's the words that should be used, and not the letters. T