Re: help text per column instead of per row [patch]

[Benno Schulenberg]

Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Attached patch prints the builtin commands alphabetically per
> column and uses a total width of 80 characters.

Here is a better patch.  It also puts a ">" in the last column 
position of the strings that are longer than the available width.

To find the width of the current terminal I will need some help, 
though.  Or if you think a variable width isn't worth the trouble, 
just leave out the two width-limiting lines .

The second patch improves the summary line of the 'variables' item 
a bit, especially when the column width is somewhat limited.

Benno

bash--vertical-and-wider-help-2.patch
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bash--variables-names-and-meanings.patch
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