I agree with you, this is weird,
My goal is to rework all the computations on size and padding, they
are not easy to understand and there is some magic formula.
I will try to remove the trailing spaces in a second time.
Perhaps we can add a flag to force year with month name to avoid to
change the previous behavior.
ncal is more often the year header.
╭(11:23)──{~}──
╰┤suze ▶ ncal -B1 -A8
February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020
Su 2 9 16 23 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31
Mo 3 10 17 24 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25
Tu 4 11 18 25 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26
We 5 12 19 26 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27
Th 6 13 20 27 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28
Fr 7 14 21 28 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29
Sa 1 8 15 22 29 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30
June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020
Su 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Mo 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
Tu 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
We 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Th 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
Fr 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Sa 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
October 2020 November 2020
Su 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
Mo 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Tu 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
We 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Th 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
Fr 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Sa 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
╭(11:23)──{~}──
╰┤suze ▶ ncal -B2 -A8
2020
January February March April
Su 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
Mo 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Tu 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
We 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
Th 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Fr 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
Sa 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
May June July August
Su 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Mo 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31
Tu 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
We 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
Th 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Fr 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
Sa 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
September October November
Su 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
Mo 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Tu 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
We 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Th 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
Fr 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Sa 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 4:39 PM J William Piggott <elseifthen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is not intended to be a blocker for the submitted patch; more a
> general comment.
>
> I still believe the year header is nonsense. IIRC, when I brought this
> up last time nobody replied with any justification for it.
>
> On a standard terminal it scrolls off the screen; this means the user is
> unable to tell what year they are looking at. For example, I often have
> multiple years open, and when tabbing between them there is nothing
> visible to differentiate them. So I have to use 'cal -n 12 1 2020'.
>
> Why is it for 11 months we have 'month year', for 13 months we have
> 'month year', but for 12 months we have a year header? What is special
> about 12 month output. I think this is just a throwback to old printed
> calendars with 12 months on a single page.
>
> So what is the justification? What is the use case for having -y drop
> the 'month year' format that is used for all other output?
