Hi Ted, On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 16:45 -0700, Ted H. Kim wrote: > Maybe this is better, but I have question ... > > I imagine the one-line format works fine for the three properties we > have now because they fit in 80 or so columns. But if for > some reason we added more later would this present a problem with > output that is too wide? > > Would we have to do something akin to what show-ether does? I gather > you sort of get the basic info without -x. And then get "extended" > stuff with -x ending up as multi-line output. > > I just want to understand if we are possibly committing to > a future -x type solution too, if we go this way.
Right, either a -x, or another -<something> that describes a specific mode of output where a different subset of columns are displayed, or simply that there would be optional columns that are only displayed if specified explicitly with -o. There could be a number of acceptable ways to deal with that. On that note, your case did not specify the full syntax of show-ib. I suspect it looks almost identical to the other show-* subcommands, but I'm just making sure. -Seb
