On May 6, 9:27 am, "Maxim Veksler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm working on writing sanity check script, and for aesthetic reasons > I would like the output be in the formatted like the gentoo init > script output, that is: > """ > Check for something .................................. [OK] > Check for something else ..........................[FAIL] > """ > > Is there are frame work or something in python that would allow me to > do this (quickly) ? > If not, ideas how I should I be getting this boring task of: > 1. get screen width
Is it not (a) safe (b) sensible to assume a minimum width (say 79) and avoid the whole question of determining the terminal width? > 2. get output string length > 3. get out status length > 4. calculate space > 5. print string, print space, print status, print newline Surely you don't need assistance with steps 2 - 5 ... > what happens if user changes textual terminal "resolution" ? Something rather unaesthetic, I imagine. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list