On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:52:36PM +0600, Gennady Kovshenin wrote: >>>> I like the format=auto idea. But we can keep it to just the number of >>>> columns instead of a full CxR format. >>> >>> It would be the best to talk about number of months ;-) >>> >>>> i.e. format=2 (2x6), format=3 (3x4), format=4 (4x3), and so on. >>>> perhaps the parameter should be called --columns/-c instead of format. >>>> We can either have an additional auto value to the format, or have it >>>> be on by default. >>>> Having auto on by default means breaking compatibility. Some users >>>> might be parsing output expecting the default 3x4 view in place and if >>>> we abruptly change this to be stretched automatically their scripts >>>> might break. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts on the above? --format vs. --columns? And the default >>>> value thereof. >>> >>> Or something else --horizontal-months[=<num>|auto] >>> >>> and think we can support arbitrary <num> in range 1-12. >>> >>> Karel > > On 22 September 2014 12:38, Gennady Kovshenin <gennady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Agreed. And the default would still be 3, right? For back compatibility. >> >> What's the short version of the flag -z? > > Mind the fact the cal is part of posix, so adding short options may > cause (theoretically) necessity to be either backwards incompatible or > break the standard. > > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cal.html > >> And would the auto mode try to still limit itself to a rectangle? Or >> stretch indefinitely? > > IMHO rectangles are fine if the they are requested with an option > something like > > --geometry=x:y > > But if the number of months is wanted to be > > --begin=<date> > --end=<date> I haven't seen these flags anywhere in cal. Output is always limited to 12 months in year view. Why even bother with the rows when asking for the columns is enough? I'd just go with "width", or "horizontal" as Karel suggested. "width" makes perfect sense wherein users just supply the number of columns in their year view and a value of 0 or auto would autoset it based on the width of the current terminal (limited to a nice rectangle). Karel, how do you feel about the --width -w option? > > Then the default geometry 3xN should be applied, unless otherwise > defined by user. > > When --geometry=5:3 is defined and --begin && --end define a period of > a year (for example), then the last three 'month' entries should be > blanks. > > Would that make sense? > > -- > Sami Kerola > http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
