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Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] Make pstree work with proportional fonts
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On 11/24/23 18:29, Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:
> On 11/23/23 00:59, umbraticus@prosimetrum.com wrote:
>>> I'd suggest using a tab here, though, as god intended.
>>
>> http://www.9paste.net/none/tabtab.png
> 
> As it happens, i'd in fact tried using tabs for this patch instead 
> before settling on its current state.

You'll find this space padded numerical output pattern to be quite common in
Plan 9, pstree is not unique in this. With a majority of fonts we ship with the system,
this works fine. If we label this instance "wrong" do we also intend to fix it elsewhere?
Changing this output also has the consequence of breaking people's existing scripts, and while
pstree is not exactly used for scripting there are other instances of this space padded numeric
output that very much are.

I would prefer to not go ripping up the floorboards because the output does not look perfect on
some custom fonts. If you would like to have a "perfect" display that knows how wide your font is
and takes that in to account I suggest to try your hand at writing a graphical program. Perhaps you
can make your own 9front task manager with collapsible process tree.