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Bug 257623 - eix should line break the Description on a space
Summary: eix should line break the Description on a space
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Martin Väth
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Reported: 2009-02-04 15:35 UTC by Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED)
Modified: 2009-02-04 18:58 UTC (History)
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Description Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2009-02-04 15:35:11 UTC
For better DESCRIPTION readability, eix should create the line break on a space. I realize that the current output just spews it out on one line and lets the terminal width dictate where the line break is..However, is there anyway to get the term width then make it look better? 

I don't know, just throwing it out there...
Comment 1 Martin Väth 2009-02-04 18:52:11 UTC
The description is (as the homepage and any other metadata) by definition just
one line. This is also the most useful thing if you redirect the output or
resize the terminal - it would not be appropriate if eix would modify the
description by inserting space or newlines. (Moreover, it would also
technically be very complicated, since eix would have to keep track of the
cursor position).
Comment 2 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2009-02-04 18:58:44 UTC
Yea, figured it might be hard to do. No worries.