>From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Mon Mar  1 17:52:48 2004

>> Functional grouping makes it harder for the people who need the
>> manual because the know little about the program.

>That's illogical. If you know little about the program, you are 
>unlikely to know what a command line switch is called. Rather, you 
>know what you would like to do. Functional grouping allows you to 
>select the right group first, and then if necessary read through 
>all the options. That's better than having to read through all 
>unrelated options as well.

Not true from the  number of mails I receive.

I sort alphabetically and include cross references in the 
option decriptive text.

Jörg

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