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bug #15277: Dynamic but fixed-width format fields

Submitted by:  Bill Wohler <wohler>
Submitted on:  Fri 23 Dec 2005 02:31:25 AM UTC  
 
Category: EnhancementSeverity: 1 - Wish
Priority: 5 - NormalStatus: None
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed

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Sun 01 Jul 2012 11:17:39 PM UTC, comment #2:

I'm moving this to the wish list and closing it. It can be reopened if someone volunteers to design (and implement) this feature.

David Levine <levine>
Project Member
Fri 23 Dec 2005 02:47:14 PM UTC, comment #1:

NB that if you want this on anything other than message numbers you'll run into the same issues as with threading -- you'll need to read every message you're handling before producing any output, resulting in an up-front delay. Which isn't to say that it might not be a good idea.

Peter Maydell <pm215>
Project Administrator
Fri 23 Dec 2005 02:31:25 AM UTC, original submission:

I'm talking about the width of the field, as in '%4(msg)'. Let's say you say "scan 1-5", then the %4 would become %1, or you say "scan 1-100", and then the %4 would become %3. And so on. This can be applied to any field. Maybe a character such as `+' might be good to connote that it grows as necessary, as in %+(msg). Minimums and maximums can be specified as in:

%17+(decode(friendly{from})) Use the width of the largest name but
no fewer than 17 characters
%17+25(decode(friendly{from})) Use the width of the largest name but
no fewer than 17 characters and no more
than 25 characters
%+17(decode(friendly{from})) Use the width of the largest name but
no more than 17 characters

Bill Wohler <wohler>
Project Member

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 01 Jul 2012 11:17:39 PM UTClevineSeverity3 - Normal=>1 - Wish
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Mon 29 Dec 2008 10:03:18 PM UTCpm215Categoryuser interface=>Enhancement

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