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piping into pager
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Package: icdiff
Version: 2.0.9-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Hi!
Judging from the upstream changelog for 2.0.9 there's arguably yet
another regression, this time very likely related to the
"simplification" of terminal width detection (using
shutil.get_terminal_size). Prior to that I could pipe icdiff's output
into less, like I nearly always do, and still have my screen cols
honored, no wrapped or truncated lines that is. That stopped working
(xterm/bash) presumably because said simplification really is just that,
and shutil not the best option for the job at hand. I have no idea how
that was implemented before and it's up to the developer in any case,
but it's a "breaking" change, plus autodetection (on Unix) as stated in
the manual now a bit dubious.
Then of course, adapting to "icdiff --cols=$COLUMNS ..." isn't the end
of the world, I just feel like it's a step backward.
Regards,
Oliver
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: icdiff
Version: 2.0.10-1
Issue was fixed in version 2.0.10
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