Re: Briefly document whitespace handling in sort

[Jim Meyering]

The Wanderer <address@hidden> wrote:
> I was tripped up by the fact that it is not indicated anywhere in the
> provided documentation that the character count of a field, for the '-k'
> option, is counted from the beginning of the preceding whitespace. The
> attached patch adds to the usage message a somewhat terse note
> explaining the situation.
>
> If there's anything wrong with or otherwise objectionable about this,
> don't hesitate to let me know; I'll either fix it if I can or attempt to
> explain why I don't think it's a problem.

Thanks.
I've applied it.
A ChangeLog entry would have been nice.

2005-12-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        * src/sort.c (usage): Mention white space vs -b and -t options.
        From The Wanderer.