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[PATCH v5 01/12] Save terminal width before setting up pager

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2012, 15:59 UTC
Message-ID
<1328371156-4009-2-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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term_columns() checks for terminal width via ioctl(2). After redirecting, stdin is no longer terminal to get terminal width.

Check terminal width and save it before redirect stdin in setup_pager() and let term_columns() reuse the value.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 Makefile |    1 +
 column.h |    6 ++++++
 help.c   |   23 +----------------------
 pager.c  |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 column.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c457c34..cbbc699 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2114,6 +2114,7 @@ builtin/prune.o builtin/reflog.o reachable.o: reachable.h
 builtin/commit.o builtin/revert.o wt-status.o: wt-status.h
 builtin/tar-tree.o archive-tar.o: tar.h
 connect.o transport.o url.o http-backend.o: url.h
+help.o pager.o: column.h
 http-fetch.o http-walker.o remote-curl.o transport.o walker.o: walker.h
 http.o http-walker.o http-push.o http-fetch.o remote-curl.o: http.h url.h
 
diff --git a/column.h b/column.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55d8067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/column.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef COLUMN_H
+#define COLUMN_H
+
+extern int term_columns(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index cbbe966..672561b 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -4,28 +4,7 @@
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "common-cmds.h"
-
-/* most GUI terminals set COLUMNS (although some don't export it) */
-static int term_columns(void)
-{
-	char *col_string = getenv("COLUMNS");
-	int n_cols;
-
-	if (col_string && (n_cols = atoi(col_string)) > 0)
-		return n_cols;
-
-#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
-	{
-		struct winsize ws;
-		if (!ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws)) {
-			if (ws.ws_col)
-				return ws.ws_col;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
-	return 80;
-}
+#include "column.h"
 
 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
 {
diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index 975955b..772a5a6 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@
 #define DEFAULT_PAGER "less"
 #endif
 
+static int spawned_pager;
+static int max_columns;
+
+static int retrieve_terminal_width(void)
+{
+#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
+	struct winsize ws;
+	if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws))  /* e.g., ENOSYS */
+		return 0;
+	return ws.ws_col;
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * This is split up from the rest of git so that we can do
  * something different on Windows.
@@ -72,12 +87,17 @@ const char *git_pager(int stdout_is_tty)
 void setup_pager(void)
 {
 	const char *pager = git_pager(isatty(1));
+	int width;
 
 	if (!pager)
 		return;
 
 	setenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE", "true", 1);
 
+	width = retrieve_terminal_width();
+	if (width)
+		max_columns = width;
+
 	/* spawn the pager */
 	pager_argv[0] = pager;
 	pager_process.use_shell = 1;
@@ -110,3 +130,18 @@ int pager_in_use(void)
 	env = getenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE");
 	return env ? git_config_bool("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE", env) : 0;
 }
+
+int term_columns()
+{
+	char *col_string = getenv("COLUMNS");
+	int n_cols;
+
+	if (col_string && (n_cols = atoi(col_string)) > 0)
+		return n_cols;
+
+	if (spawned_pager && max_columns)
+		return max_columns;
+
+	n_cols = retrieve_terminal_width();
+	return n_cols ? n_cols : 80;
+}
-- 
1.7.8.36.g69ee2
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  1. 00/13 Column display againNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  2. 01/13 Save terminal width before setting up pagerNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  3. 02/13 column: add API to print items in columnsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  6. 03/13 parseopt: make OPT_INTEGER support hexadecimal as wellNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 4, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2012
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 4, 2012
  11. 04/13 Add git-column and column mode parsingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  12. 05/13 Stop starting pager recursivelyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  13. 06/13 column: add columnar layoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  14. 07/13 column: support columns with different widthsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  15. 08/13 column: add column.ui for default column output settingsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  17. 09/13 help: reuse print_columns() for help -aNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  19. 10/13 branch: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  21. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 4, 2012
  22. 11/13 status: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  24. 12/13 column: support piping stdout to external git-column processNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  25. 13/13 tag: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 3, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  27. 00/12 Column displayNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  28. 01/12 Save terminal width before setting up pagerNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  29. 02/12 column: add API to print items in columnsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  30. 03/12 Add git-column and column mode parsingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  31. 03/12 Add git-column and column mode parsingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  32. 04/12 Stop starting pager recursivelyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  33. 05/12 column: add columnar layoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  34. 06/12 column: support columns with different widthsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  35. 07/12 column: add column.ui for default column output settingsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  36. 07/12 column: add column.ui for default column output settingsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  37. 08/12 help: reuse print_columns() for help -aNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  38. 09/12 branch: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  40. 10/12 status: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  41. 11/12 column: support piping stdout to external git-column processNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  42. 12/12 tag: add --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 4, 2012
  43. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012

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