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[PATCH 7/9] help: reuse display_columns() for help -a

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 20, 2011, 16:04 UTC
Message-ID
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 This one is better. Because 'longest' is no longer used, all support
 code may be removed as well.
 help.c |   45 +++++++++++----------------------------------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 768f64c..92150ea 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "common-cmds.h"
+#include "string-list.h"
 #include "column.h"
 
 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
@@ -71,31 +72,16 @@ void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
 	cmds->cnt = cj;
 }
 
-static void pretty_print_string_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, int longest)
+static void pretty_print_string_list(struct cmdnames *cmds)
 {
-	int cols = 1, rows;
-	int space = longest + 1; /* min 1 SP between words */
-	int max_cols = term_columns() - 1; /* don't print *on* the edge */
-	int i, j;
-
-	if (space < max_cols)
-		cols = max_cols / space;
-	rows = DIV_ROUND_UP(cmds->cnt, cols);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
-		printf("  ");
+	struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	int i;
 
-		for (j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
-			int n = j * rows + i;
-			int size = space;
-			if (n >= cmds->cnt)
-				break;
-			if (j == cols-1 || n + rows >= cmds->cnt)
-				size = 1;
-			printf("%-*s", size, cmds->names[n]->name);
-		}
-		putchar('\n');
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < cmds->cnt; i++)
+		string_list_append(&list, cmds->names[i]->name);
+	display_columns(&list, COL_MODE_COLUMN | COL_ENABLED,
+			term_columns(), 1, "  ");
+	string_list_clear(&list, 0);
 }
 
 static int is_executable(const char *name)
@@ -204,22 +190,13 @@ void load_command_list(const char *prefix,
 void list_commands(const char *title, struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
 		   struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
 {
-	int i, longest = 0;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < main_cmds->cnt; i++)
-		if (longest < main_cmds->names[i]->len)
-			longest = main_cmds->names[i]->len;
-	for (i = 0; i < other_cmds->cnt; i++)
-		if (longest < other_cmds->names[i]->len)
-			longest = other_cmds->names[i]->len;
-
 	if (main_cmds->cnt) {
 		const char *exec_path = git_exec_path();
 		printf("available %s in '%s'\n", title, exec_path);
 		printf("----------------");
 		mput_char('-', strlen(title) + strlen(exec_path));
 		putchar('\n');
-		pretty_print_string_list(main_cmds, longest);
+		pretty_print_string_list(main_cmds);
 		putchar('\n');
 	}
 
@@ -228,7 +205,7 @@ void list_commands(const char *title, struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
 		printf("---------------------------------------");
 		mput_char('-', strlen(title));
 		putchar('\n');
-		pretty_print_string_list(other_cmds, longest);
+		pretty_print_string_list(other_cmds);
 		putchar('\n');
 	}
 }
-- 
1.7.4.74.g639db
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  1. 0/9 column output v3Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  2. 1/9 Move term_columns() to pager.c and save terminal width before pagerNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  3. 2/9 Add display_columns() to display in columnar layoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  4. 3/9 column: add functions to parse column settingsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  5. 4/9 display_columns: add COL_MODE_{COLUMN,ROW} modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  6. 5/9 display_columns: add COL_DENSE to do unequal column layoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  7. 6/9 column: add column.ui for default column output settingsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  8. 7/9 help: reuse display_columns() for help -aNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  9. 7/9 help: reuse display_columns() for help -aNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  10. 8/9 tag: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  11. 9/9 branch: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011
  12. Teemu LikonenMar 20, 2011
  13. 9/9 branch: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2011

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