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Allow the user to customise the columns displayed in py list #89
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FWIW, I think changing the default format is easier than making some kind of customisable formatting language.
Adding additional useful formats is even easier though. The only problem there is the help output becoming too long to be useful, but maybe
py list -f=formatscan list formats instead of installs (which would just be another format 🙃)tagis mostly omitted because the most useful reason for the short formats is to use e.g.py list --one -f=exe <3.13-32to list the one best executable available for the specified filter (and probably capture it to pass to another tool, rather than for direct human consumption).
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I don't find the default display of
py listparticularly useful. The aliases take up a lot of space and aren't very helpful (they are easily deducible from the rest of the data). Ideally, I'd like to be able to choose more useful information to display in place of that column.Describe the solution you'd like
The
--formatoption allows you to display a single data item (--format=exe). That's fine, but it would be nice to be able to choose multiple values. Something like--format=tag,exe.Describe alternatives you've considered
You can get this sort of report by piping
--format=jsoninto jq, or into a custom formatter, but that's fairly clumsy.Additional context
Alternative to #86. The approach here is probably overkill, but I've filed it as an option in case changing the default format is unacceptable.