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author | Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> | 2012-05-14 12:50:33 +0200 |
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committer | Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> | 2012-05-14 14:29:53 +0200 |
commit | 9ab7a8d2a30f440c008d127113419030e4572cb4 (patch) | |
tree | d7e8f92fe9aad4c5ed4bca5d5e00ee5d6805b8b8 /man/sd_session_is_active.xml | |
parent | 5f23d5b149513d98bb90df8cb912b6f567bed89f (diff) |
unit: print the color status marks on the left
The alignment of the "[ OK ]" and "[FAILED]" status marks to the right
side of the terminal makes it difficult to link them with the messages
on the left if your console is wide.
I considered the options:
1. Align them to the 80th column regardless of the console width.
Disadvantage - either:
- truncating messages needlessly, not using available space; or
- If the message is long, write the mark over it. => ugly
2. Write them to the 80th column for short messages,
and further to the right for longer ones.
Disadvantage:
- jagged look
3. Write the marks on the left, before the message.
Disadvantage:
- Breaks tradition from RHL.
Advantages:
+ slightly simpler code
+ Will annoy holy-traditionalists.
I chose option 3.
BTW, Debian now uses similar marks on the left with its makefile-style
boot.
Special values of the "status" argument to status_vprintf are:
NULL - no status mark, no message indentation
"" - no status mark, message indented as if the mark was there
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