[arch-general] script to reformat 'pacman -Ss' output into 2 readable columns (prevents blindness)

[C Anthony Risinger]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:17 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/10/2010 09:31 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>
>> On 08/10/2010 05:29 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>
>>> On 08/10/2010 03:46 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 08/05/2010 10:51 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I developed a script to help me read the output of pacman -Ss in 2
>>>>> nicely
>>>>> formatted columns. The output of 'pacman -Ss srchterm' drives me nuts
>>>>> trying to
>>>>> read down the package names and descriptions with all the tab indented
>>>>> and
>>>>> wrapped text -- so I fixed it. Download the script here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/Archlinux/scripts/srch2list.sh
>>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>
>
> Version 0.0.6
>
>  - bugfix - added the command line select of only installed/uninstalled to
> zenity --list output :p

could we xport this discussion to forums?  else more productive for
mailing list would be a proposal for inclusion into pacman.

C Anthony