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On 25/02/16 06:23, Carl Baldwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed a new behavior from the python-neutronclient which
> disturbs me.  For me, this just started happening with my latest build
> of devstack which I built yesterday.  It didn't happen with another
> recent but little bit older devstack.
>
> The issue is that the client is now wrapping content within columns.
> For example:
>
>    +---------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
>    | id                              | name    | subnets
>            |
>    +---------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
>    | eb850219-6a42-42ed-ac6a-        | public  |
> 099745e5-4925-4572-a88f-         |
>    | 927b03a0dc77                    |         | a5376206c892
> 172.24.4.0/24       |
>    |                                 |         | 5b6dfb0d-c97e-48ae-
>            |
>    |                                 |         | 98c9-7fe3e1e8e88b
> 2001:db8::/64  |
>    | ec73110f-                       | private | 4073b9e7-a58e-4d6e-
>            |
>    | 86ad-4292-9547-7c2789a7023b     |         | a2e4-7a45ae899671
> 10.0.0.0/24    |
>    |                                 |         |
> f12aee80-fc13-4adf-a0eb-         |
>    |                                 |         | 706af4319094
> fd9d:e27:3eab::/64  |
>    +---------------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
>
> Notice how the ids in the first column are wrapped within the column.
> I personally don't see this as an aesthetic improvement.  It destroys
> by ability to cut and paste the data within this column.  When I
> stretch my console out to fix it, I have to rerun the command with the
> new window width to fix it.  I used to be able to stretch my console
> horizontally and the wrapped would automatically go away.
My intention was that it be a usability improvement rather than merely 
an aesthetic one. Yes, it is unfortunate that it affects this specific 
copy paste scenario but there are others where it is improved. I've 
often been in the situation where I don't know which uuid to copy 
because of the amount of overlap of unrelated columns.
> How can I turned this off now?  Also, can I request that this new
> "feature" be disabled by default?
>
Table resizing only occurs when a tty is present. This means that any 
existing script which parses table output will not be affected. It also 
means that you can disable it by piping your command to cat.

If you're unwilling to adapt, or specify formatting options, or pipe to 
cat, then I would recommend that you submit a change to cliff to read a 
user set environment variable to switch off table resizing.