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From: Roel Janssen <roel@moefel.org>
Subject: bug#16187: Tabbed output of "guix package -l"
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:13:22 +0100
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To: ludo@gnu.org

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
> Roel Janssen <roel@moefel.org> skribis:
>
>> I'd like the output of a command like "guix package -l" to be tabbed
>> preserving all columns.
>>
>> An example output of the current version:
>> Generation 68	dec 18 2013 12:46:45	(current)
>>   make  4.0     out     /nix/store/...
>>   automake      1.14	out     /nix/store/...
>>   ...
>>
>> What I would like to see:
>>   make          4.0     out     /nix/store/...
>>   automake      1.14    out     /nix/store/...
>>   ...
>>
>> The same applies for the output of "guix package -I" and "guix=20
>> package
>> -A"
>
> As discussed on IRC, the rationale (for -I and -A) was to have=20
> something
> both human-readable and processable=E2=80=93that is, one can pipe it th=
rough
> =E2=80=98cut=E2=80=99 and extract the data.  I think that=E2=80=99s an =
important property,=20
> for a
> Unix command-line tool.
>
> Now, ideally, =E2=80=98guix package=E2=80=99 would be just one of the u=
ser=20
> interfaces,
> with others being more user-oriented than command-oriented (see=20
> TODO)...
>
> What do you think?
>
> Ludo=E2=80=99.

Hello,

I think a separation between command-oriented and user-oriented
output is a good solution.

Kind regards,
Roel.