* Re: Independent numbers of columns for matching groups?
@ 1999-09-20 8:31 Sven Wischnowsky
1999-09-20 22:15 ` Adam Spiers
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sven Wischnowsky @ 1999-09-20 8:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Adam Spiers wrote:
> This may have been discussed before and I missed it, but would it be
> possible to changing the group_matches code so that the number of
> columns is calculated individually for each matching group?
>
> An example of why I ask is _rpm; sometimes it offers the following
> completion groups:
>
> - RPM packages
> - RPM package files
> - ftp prefixes
>
> RPM packages are always long, which forces the whole output into a
> long single-column list, even though the RPM package files section
> could easily fit in multiple columns and save screen space.
Yes, I saw this, too, sometimes. The only problem I have with changing
it right away is that for groups that don't differ so much I prefer
having all columns aligned (well, another problem I have with this is
that it would make {i,comp}listmatches() more complicated, but that
shouldn't be a reason not to allow this). So maybe we should make this
an option are think about some clever way to make it automatically
decide if the columns should be aligned for all groups or not. That
would be: if the minimum and maximum number of columns for all groups
differ only by one (or two? or by `max / n'?), align all groups.
Maybe we'll just have to play with this (and hence implement it).
This gives me the oppotunity to repeat my question about the other two
possible enhancements: Andrej's suggestion to allow matches to be
layed out in a row-first order and my old LIST_PACKED (see 7590).
Interesting enough?
Bye
Sven
--
Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de
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* Re: Independent numbers of columns for matching groups?
1999-09-20 8:31 Independent numbers of columns for matching groups? Sven Wischnowsky
@ 1999-09-20 22:15 ` Adam Spiers
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Adam Spiers @ 1999-09-20 22:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Sven Wischnowsky (wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de) wrote:
> Yes, I saw this, too, sometimes. The only problem I have with changing
> it right away is that for groups that don't differ so much I prefer
> having all columns aligned (well, another problem I have with this is
> that it would make {i,comp}listmatches() more complicated, but that
> shouldn't be a reason not to allow this). So maybe we should make this
> an option are think about some clever way to make it automatically
> decide if the columns should be aligned for all groups or not. That
> would be: if the minimum and maximum number of columns for all groups
> differ only by one (or two? or by `max / n'?), align all groups.
>
> Maybe we'll just have to play with this (and hence implement it).
Sounds nice.
> This gives me the oppotunity to repeat my question about the other two
> possible enhancements: Andrej's suggestion to allow matches to be
> layed out in a row-first order
Personally I'm not too bothered but I'm sure some would really like
this.
> and my old LIST_PACKED (see 7590).
Oh yes please!
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* Independent numbers of columns for matching groups?
@ 1999-09-17 21:31 Adam Spiers
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Adam Spiers @ 1999-09-17 21:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh workers mailing list
This may have been discussed before and I missed it, but would it be
possible to changing the group_matches code so that the number of
columns is calculated individually for each matching group?
An example of why I ask is _rpm; sometimes it offers the following
completion groups:
- RPM packages
- RPM package files
- ftp prefixes
RPM packages are always long, which forces the whole output into a
long single-column list, even though the RPM package files section
could easily fit in multiple columns and save screen space.
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