Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-03 Thread Panu Matilainen
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Ambrogio wrote: Hi all, I use yum list in a script to have everytime I need a list of package available. Some packages, that have long names, are displayed in 2 rows, so scripts are more hard to be coded. There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less rea

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-02 Thread g
Ambrogio wrote: > Il giorno lun, 02/02/2009 alle 08.32 +, g ha scritto: >> not 'on the monitor', but how you are set to display to monitor. > How can I check this? i may be wrong, but i believe in kde4, it is thru 'options'. 'options'. my bad. my thinking was crossing up with settings of fir

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-02 Thread g
Ambrogio wrote: > Il giorno lun, 02/02/2009 alle 08.32 +, g ha scritto: >> not 'on the monitor', but how you are set to display to monitor. > How can I check this? currently, i am operating under scientific linux 5.4 for internet and with f8 for 'offline' use. i am not fully into f10, as i a

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-02 Thread Ambrogio
Il giorno lun, 02/02/2009 alle 08.32 +, g ha scritto: > not 'on the monitor', but how you are set to display to monitor. How can I check this? > maybe. tho you may find that '80 char' is a 'default standard'. I know this can be a standard, but I think that if one send output to a non terminal

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-02 Thread g
** in addition to my reply of Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:47:06 + ** excuse delay in sending this. i had more pressing obligations to attend to. Ambrogio wrote: > My monitor is 1900x800 > My konsole is set to be 196x40 should be wide enough to handle output. i would not think that a programm

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-02 Thread g
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Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread freeslkr
g bellsouth.net> writes: > Ambrogio wrote: > >> I can't imagine why the limit should be set to 20 or to 80. > > who knows what reasoning is in thinking of yum developers? > > at least yum is better than rpm with rpm files. :) > >> I don't know how to change it, but I think that if output is s

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 02/01/2009 01:20 PM, Ambrogio wrote: Il giorno dom, 01/02/2009 alle 13.02 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto: So it *is* a bug. This is just not reasonable behaviour, and furthermore is at odds with many other Linux tools which either a) notice when stdout is not a terminal, or b) have a

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread Ambrogio
Il giorno dom, 01/02/2009 alle 13.02 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto: > So it *is* a bug. This is just not reasonable behaviour, and furthermore > is at odds with many other Linux tools which either a) notice when > stdout is not a terminal, or b) have a command-line option to prevent > t

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread g
Ambrogio wrote: > I can't imagine why the limit should be set to 20 or to 80. who knows what reasoning is in thinking of yum developers? at least yum is better than rpm with rpm files. :) > I don't know how to change it, but I think that if output is sent to > nonterminal devices, (like files o

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 02/01/2009 11:45 AM, Ambrogio wrote: Il giorno sab, 31/01/2009 alle 14.23 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto: I did the same experiment with the same result. What I don't understand is why this is a problem. If you're piping the output of "yum list" to something else for further processin

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread Ambrogio
Il giorno sab, 31/01/2009 alle 14.23 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan ha scritto: > I did the same experiment with the same result. What I don't understand > is why this is a problem. If you're piping the output of "yum list" to > something else for further processing, you're getting one line of > ou

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-02-01 Thread Ambrogio
Il giorno sab, 31/01/2009 alle 21.09 +, g ha scritto: hmmm I can't understand... Why I have to set someting in terminals if I want to run the command as a script. > what size are your 'xterms'? > [i have konsole set to open 80 x 25, right/left click to resize as needed] So... My monitor is 190

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread g
Ambrogio wrote: > Well, I'm doing some tests and the output is very strange for me... i can imagine. lets get 'strange' out of way, and do some 'clarification and understanding'. what size screen is your monitor? [i have 18" viewable, boot w/ 'vga=794', display = 1280x1024] what size are your

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Allen Kistler
Ambrogio wrote: I use yum list in a script to have everytime I need a list of package available. Some packages, that have long names, are displayed in 2 rows, so scripts are more hard to be coded. There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less readable by umans, but more reada

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 01/31/2009 12:47 PM, Ambrogio wrote: Il giorno sab, 31/01/2009 alle 14.03 +, g ha scritto: this is true. he did not say where he is running script. virtual vs xterm. Well, I'm doing some tests and the output is very strange for me... On the same terminal (kterminal) in a very big windo

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Ambrogio
Il giorno sab, 31/01/2009 alle 14.03 +, g ha scritto: > this is true. he did not say where he is running script. virtual vs xterm. Well, I'm doing some tests and the output is very strange for me... On the same terminal (kterminal) in a very big window, if I run yum list available I obtain a

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Ambrogio
Il giorno sab, 31/01/2009 alle 08.40 -0600, Aaron Konstam ha scritto: > Have you tried: > rpm -qa Yes, but it's for packages installed, and not available Bye Ambrogio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guideline

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 10:55 +0100, Ambrogio wrote: > Hi all, > > I use yum list in a script to have everytime I need a list of package > available. > > Some packages, that have long names, are displayed in 2 rows, so scripts > are more hard to be coded. > > There is an option to have a more simp

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread g
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 01/31/2009 08:03 AM, g wrote: >> Ambrogio wrote: >> >>> There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less readable >>> by umans, but more readable by computer? >> consider wider viewing window? > > He said it was a script. this is true. he did not sa

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 01/31/2009 08:03 AM, g wrote: Ambrogio wrote: There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less readable by umans, but more readable by computer? consider wider viewing window? He said it was a script. The viewing window should be irrelevant. However it looks like yum is f

Re: yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread g
Ambrogio wrote: > There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less readable > by umans, but more readable by computer? consider wider viewing window? -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give lin

yum list display some package in 2 rows

2009-01-31 Thread Ambrogio
Hi all, I use yum list in a script to have everytime I need a list of package available. Some packages, that have long names, are displayed in 2 rows, so scripts are more hard to be coded. There is an option to have a more simple list of packages, less readable by umans, but more readable by com