diff --git a/development/tools/GetOptions.pm b/development/tools/GetOptions.pm
index 81be0e55a4..0da0992f17 100644
--- a/development/tools/GetOptions.pm
+++ b/development/tools/GetOptions.pm
@@ -51,11 +51,22 @@ my $helpFormat = "  %-8s|%-9s|%-7s|%-17s|%s\n";
 
 sub handleOptions($)
 {
-  %optionsDef = %{$_[0]};
+  if (ref($_[0]) eq "ARRAY") {
+    for (my $i = 0; defined($_[0]->[$i]); $i++) {
+      my $rO = $_[0]->[$i];
+      $optionsDef{$rO->[0]} = $rO->[1];
+      $optionsDef{$rO->[0]}->{Sort} = $i+1;
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    %optionsDef = %{$_[0]};
+  }
   $optionsDef{h}->{fieldname} = "help";
   $optionsDef{h}->{alias} = ["help"];
+  $optionsDef{h}->{Sort} = 0;
   $optionsDef{v}->{fieldname} = "verbose";
   $optionsDef{v}->{alias} = ["verbose"];
+  $optionsDef{v}->{Sort} = 0;
 
   my %options = ("help" => 0);
   my $opts = &makeOpts();
@@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ sub makeHelp()
     "i" => "integer",
     "f" => "float",
       );
-  for my $ex (sort keys %optionsDef) {
+  for my $ex (sort {$optionsDef{$a}->{Sort} <=> $optionsDef{$b}->{Sort};} keys %optionsDef) {
     my $e = $optionsDef{$ex};
     my $type = "";
     my $needed = "";
diff --git a/development/tools/listFontWithLang.pl b/development/tools/listFontWithLang.pl
index 3589ba0e16..4f8ddaa7d4 100644
--- a/development/tools/listFontWithLang.pl
+++ b/development/tools/listFontWithLang.pl
@@ -48,43 +48,56 @@ sub correctstyle($);
 # alias:             reference to a list of aliases e.g. ["alias1", "alias2", ... ]
 # listsep:           Separator for multiple data
 # comment:           Parameter description
-my %optionsDef = (
+my @optionsDef = (
   # help + verbose already handled in 'GetOptions'
-  "l"       => {fieldname => "Lang",
-                type => "=s", alias=>["lang"],
-                comment => "Comma separated list of desired languages"},
-  "math"    => {fieldname => "Math",
-                comment => "Select fonts probably containing math glyphs"},
-  "n"       => {fieldname => "FontName", listsep => ',',
-                type => "=s", alias => ["name"],
-                comment => "Select font-names matching these (comma separated) regexes"},
-  "nn"      => {fieldname => "NFontName",
-                type => "=s", listsep => ',',
-                comment => "Select font-names NOT matching these (comma separated) regexes"},
-  "pl"      => {fieldname => "PrintLangs", alias => ["printlangs"],
-                comment => "Print supported languages"},
-  "pf"      => {fieldname => "PrintFiles", alias => ["printfiles"],
-                comment => "Print font file names"},
-  "p"       => {fieldname => "Property",
-                type => "=s", listsep => ',',
-                comment => "Select fonts with properties matching these (comma separated) regexes"},
-  "np"      => {fieldname => "NProperty",
-                type => "=s", listsep => ',',
-                comment => "Select fonts with properties NOT matching these (comma separated) regexes"},
-  "pp"      => {fieldname => "PrintProperties", alias => ["printproperties"],
-                comment => "Print properties from weight, slant and width"},
-  "s"       => {fieldname => "Scripts",
-                type => "=s", listsep => ',',
-                comment => "Select fonts with scripts matching these (comma separated) regexes"},
-  "ns"      => {fieldname => "NScripts",
-                type => "=s", listsep => ',',
-                comment => "Select fonts with scripts NOT matching these (comma separated) regexes"},
-  "ps"      => {fieldname => "PrintScripts", alias => ["printscripts"],
-                comment => "Print supported scripts"},
-  "pw"      => {fieldname => "PrintWarnings",
-                comment => "Print warnings about discarded/overwritten fonts, conflicting styles"},
+  ["n",
+   {fieldname => "FontName", listsep => ',',
+    type => "=s", alias => ["name"],
+    comment => "Select font-names matching these (comma separated) regexes"},],
+  ["nn",
+   {fieldname => "NFontName",
+    type => "=s", listsep => ',',
+    comment => "Select font-names NOT matching these (comma separated) regexes"},],
+  ["p",
+   {fieldname => "Property",
+    type => "=s", listsep => ',',
+    comment => "Select fonts with properties matching these (comma separated) regexes"},],
+  ["np",
+   {fieldname => "NProperty",
+    type => "=s", listsep => ',',
+    comment => "Select fonts with properties NOT matching these (comma separated) regexes"},],
+  ["s",
+   {fieldname => "Scripts",
+    type => "=s", listsep => ',',
+    comment => "Select fonts with scripts matching these (comma separated) regexes"},],
+  ["ns",
+   {fieldname => "NScripts",
+    type => "=s", listsep => ',',
+    comment => "Select fonts with scripts NOT matching these (comma separated) regexes"},],
+  ["math",
+   {fieldname => "Math",
+    comment => "Select fonts probably containing math glyphs"},],
+  ["l",
+   {fieldname => "Lang",
+    type => "=s", alias=>["lang"],
+    comment => "Comma separated list of desired languages"},],
+  ["pl",
+   {fieldname => "PrintLangs", alias => ["printlangs"],
+    comment => "Print supported languages"},],
+  ["pp",
+   {fieldname => "PrintProperties", alias => ["printproperties"],
+    comment => "Print properties from weight, slant and width"},],
+  ["ps",
+   {fieldname => "PrintScripts", alias => ["printscripts"],
+    comment => "Print supported scripts"},],
+  ["pf",
+   {fieldname => "PrintFiles", alias => ["printfiles"],
+    comment => "Print font file names"},],
+  ["pw",
+   {fieldname => "PrintWarnings",
+    comment => "Print warnings about discarded/overwritten fonts, conflicting styles"},],
 );
-my %options = %{&handleOptions(\%optionsDef)};
+my %options = %{&handleOptions(\@optionsDef)};
 
 $options{Lang} = "" if (! defined($options{Lang}));