* bug#16187: Tabbed output of "guix package -l"
@ 2013-12-18 18:03 Roel Janssen
2013-12-19 17:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Roel Janssen @ 2013-12-18 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 16187
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 package
-A"
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* bug#16187: Tabbed output of "guix package -l"
2013-12-18 18:03 bug#16187: Tabbed output of "guix package -l" Roel Janssen
@ 2013-12-19 17:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
2013-12-23 20:13 ` Roel Janssen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2013-12-19 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roel Janssen; +Cc: 16187
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 package
> -A"
As discussed on IRC, the rationale (for -I and -A) was to have something
both human-readable and processable–that is, one can pipe it through
‘cut’ and extract the data. I think that’s an important property, for a
Unix command-line tool.
Now, ideally, ‘guix package’ would be just one of the user interfaces,
with others being more user-oriented than command-oriented (see TODO)...
What do you think?
Ludo’.
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* bug#16187: Tabbed output of "guix package -l"
2013-12-19 17:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2013-12-23 20:13 ` Roel Janssen
2013-12-27 21:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Roel Janssen @ 2013-12-23 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ludo
> 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
>> package
>> -A"
>
> As discussed on IRC, the rationale (for -I and -A) was to have
> something
> both human-readable and processable–that is, one can pipe it through
> ‘cut’ and extract the data. I think that’s an important property,
> for a
> Unix command-line tool.
>
> Now, ideally, ‘guix package’ would be just one of the user
> interfaces,
> with others being more user-oriented than command-oriented (see
> TODO)...
>
> What do you think?
>
> Ludo’.
Hello,
I think a separation between command-oriented and user-oriented
output is a good solution.
Kind regards,
Roel.
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