Public bug reported:
I'm trying to get used to the new 'apt' utility and have three wishlist
items (don't want to clutter the tracker with multiple feature requests)
in descending priority:
1. apt list firefox
In the output, can we please have a space after the package name, before the
slash?
A very convenient feature of apt-cache/aptitude is to search for a package,
then double click + middle click the name of a result to speedily select it and
paste it into the current prompt (which is prepared with e.g. an install, show
or depends command).
'apt list' appends '/repo,XXX' (where XXX is most often garbage... ehm, I mean
strings like 'now' or again 'other_repo,now') right after the package name,
which makes the double click select more than just a package name.
E.g. 'apt policy firefox/yakkety-updates' fails.
This would also be more convenient for awk scripts (despite the stable
interface warning).
2. apt list fox
Can we please have substring matching by default (or a storable user pref) for
'apt list'?
'apt search' is _way_ too noisy (the three line output per package instead of
one line is just clutter).
But 'apt list' doesn't match like 'apt-cache search' (or aptitude). The
alternative is defaulting to 'apt l<tab> **' and then filling in between the
asterisks, or resorting to 'apt l<tab>|grep' as standard 'apt-cache search'
replacement.
I don't see the justification for the current exact searching in only the
package names. And there's still 'apt search' for searching the description.
3. apt sh<tab>
A minor complaint: all current apt commands complete once they are tabbed when
their string becomes unique, and append a space. Only 'apt show' in 16.10 (as
opposed to 16.04) does not due to the undocumented showsrc command. This often
leads to 'apt showfirefox' after writing 'apt sh<tab>firefox', because it's
inconsistent with the other commands.
So, find another name for showsrc?
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt list output format
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