Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2019 14:58:23 -0600 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Column widths FROM / WHAT in w(1) Message-ID: <82580E12-C2F5-45FB-AAFC-8538B5CE0FCD@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <20190406153319.36f41b8f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 6 Apr 2019, at 07:33, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > System: FreeBSD 12.0-p3 i386. > > I recently discovered that the WHAT column in the output > of the "w" command has become unusable, and "man w" does > not seem to indicate any user control for the formatting > of the columns. > > The column WHAT now can only show up to 3 (in words: three) > characters on a standard 80-column terminal. I will put a How long has it been since an 80 column terminal was standard? Even back as far as the late 80s the majority of terminals I used were 132 columns and if you were stuck on an ADM-3a you got off it as quickly as possible, and now I don't even know where you would find an 80 column terminal. > ruler on top for illustration: > > ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8 > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > > Things like "xinit" become "xin", and any longer command > cannot be easily identified anymore. Columns 79 and 80 > aren't used at all. > > For comparison: On an older system, I get this layout: > > ....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8 > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > > This is more than 20 characters for the WHAT field. Does it depend on the contents of "From"? Hmm, no, it doesn't seem too. however, I will say that getting the from field cut-off in `w` is a lot more of an issue than the WHAT column, I think. Have you looked at xo_parse_args? You could always output as json or xml and do your own thing. > Any idea on how to get the old layout of w back, instead > of increasing the terminal width? -- "Oh damn", said Maladict.help
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