> Assuming that we want to fit everything in the conventional 80 char
> wide xterm, the output itself could either be something likeA:
>
> PROPERTY VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE
> adv_autoneg_cap .. .. .. "short
> description"
> /* 20 chars */
>
> or,
>
> PROPERTY VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE
> adv_autoneg_cap .. .. .. \n
> "long property description can go here"
Two things:
1. The default output of show-linkprop is about to change
with stack instances to include a LINK field. So we're
basically out of 80-column room.
2. Multi-line output is at-odds with the CLI design -- e.g.,
it should be greppable and should be friendly to wider
displays when those are available. It also is at-odds
with future -o support.
What about adding a new DESC field that's shown automatically if a -? or
-h (help) option is given to show-linkprop? We should probably also add
an -o option to show-linkprop that allows the user to control the exact
fields that are output (like show-wifi and scan-wifi already have), and
then "-o all" can be used to see everything (including DESC).
--
meem
