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Re: [PATCH 6/7] tag: support column output with --column

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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Feb 10, 2011, 02:54 UTC
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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Hmm, is this robbing streaming output from people who do not care about
>> columnar output?
>
> Yes, but tag list is short enough streaming does not really matter. I
> can check if column mode is active there, if it's not, just printf.

...but it's important to note, I think that in many projects the tag list is at least long enough that columnar output would be hugely useful...

-miles
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Message 15 of 20 in “Column output”
  1. 0/7 Column outputNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  2. 1/7 Move term_columns() to pager.c and save terminal width before pagerNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederFeb 9, 2011
  4. 2/7 Add column layoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederFeb 9, 2011
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 9, 2011
  7. 3/7 parseopt: OPT_COLUMN to set struct column_layout.modeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  8. 4/7 add core.columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  9. 5/7 help: reuse struct column_layoutNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederFeb 9, 2011
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 9, 2011
  12. 6/7 tag: support column output with --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2011
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 10, 2011
  15. Miles BaderFeb 10, 2011
  16. 7/7 branch: support column output with --columnNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2011
  17. Jeff KingFeb 8, 2011
  18. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 9, 2011
  19. Jonathan NiederFeb 9, 2011
  20. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 9, 2011

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