Re: Fwd: [util-linux] cal: add landscape layout for yearly views (#117)

[Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:52:36PM +0600, Gennady Kovshenin wrote:
> I like the format=auto idea. But we can keep it to just the number of
> columns instead of a full CxR format.

 It would be the best to talk about number of months ;-)

> i.e. format=2 (2x6), format=3 (3x4), format=4 (4x3), and so on.
> perhaps the parameter should be called --columns/-c instead of format.
> We can either have an additional auto value to the format, or have it
> be on by default.
> Having auto on by default means breaking compatibility. Some users
> might be parsing output expecting the default 3x4 view in place and if
> we abruptly change this to be stretched automatically their scripts
> might break.
> 
> Any thoughts on the above? --format vs. --columns? And the default
> value thereof.

Or something else --horizontal-months[=<num>|auto]

and think we can support arbitrary <num> in range 1-12.

    Karel

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