From 4746cf71bae031c57c24600713d7cfc281d71e20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Koopman <djk@tobit.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:58:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add width changing dx display in console

---
 Changes               |  8 ++++++++
 cmd/set/columns.pl    | 12 ++++++++++++
 cmd/show/dx.pl        |  4 ++--
 perl/DXChannel.pm     |  2 ++
 perl/DXCommandmode.pm |  2 +-
 perl/Messages         |  3 ++-
 perl/Spot.pm          | 12 +++++++++---
 perl/console.pl       |  1 +
 8 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cmd/set/columns.pl

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 840dd943..38ea4896 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+19Nov21=======================================================================
+1. Add the ability of console.pl to resize and have dx spots also resize so
+   that the comment field's size will increase accordingly. Sh/dx amd sh/mydx
+   also work similarly. If you make the console width smaller or wider then 
+   spots already on the screen will not resize. 
+2. For client programs that parse the output (why? use set/ve7cc to get more
+   easily machine parsed output), a new command "set/columns <width>" is 
+   available. 
 18Nov21=======================================================================
 1. Add a dx spot cache which will store 2 days worth (configurable) of spots.
    This is then used by the vast majority of simple sh/dx queries without 
diff --git a/cmd/set/columns.pl b/cmd/set/columns.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5575fe3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/set/columns.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#
+# set the page width for this invocation of the client
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 - Dirk Koopman G1TLH
+#
+#
+#
+my $self = shift;
+my $l = shift;
+$l = 80 if $l < 80;
+$self->width($l);
+return (1, $self->msg('pagewidth', $l));
diff --git a/cmd/show/dx.pl b/cmd/show/dx.pl
index bad8ffde..a2c81a17 100644
--- a/cmd/show/dx.pl
+++ b/cmd/show/dx.pl
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ sub handle
 					push @out, DXCommandmode::format_dx_spot($self, @$ref);
 				}
 				else {
-					push @out, Spot::formatl(@$ref);
+					push @out, Spot::formatl($self->{width}, @$ref);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ sub handle
 													push @out, DXCommandmode::format_dx_spot($self, @$ref);
 												}
 												else {
-													push @out, Spot::formatl(@$ref);
+													push @out, Spot::formatl($self->{width}, @$ref);
 												}
 											}
 										}
diff --git a/perl/DXChannel.pm b/perl/DXChannel.pm
index c35d21ca..cbb5477a 100644
--- a/perl/DXChannel.pm
+++ b/perl/DXChannel.pm
@@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ sub process_one
 			$self->enhanced($line);
 		} elsif ($sort eq 'A' || $sort eq 'O' || $sort eq 'W') {
 			$self->start($line, $sort);
+		} elsif ($sort eq 'C') {
+			$self->width($line); # change number of columns
 		} elsif ($sort eq 'Z') {
 			$self->disconnect;
 		} elsif ($sort eq 'D') {
diff --git a/perl/DXCommandmode.pm b/perl/DXCommandmode.pm
index bcf1bf07..cd37c5e9 100644
--- a/perl/DXCommandmode.pm
+++ b/perl/DXCommandmode.pm
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ sub format_dx_spot
 
 	my $t = ztime($_[2]);
 	my $loc = '';
-	my $clth = 30;
+	my $clth = 30 + $self->{width} - 80;    # allow comment to grow according the screen width 
 	#	--$clth if $self->{consort} eq 'local';
 	
 	my $comment = substr (($_[3] || ''), 0, $clth);
diff --git a/perl/Messages b/perl/Messages
index 18df6279..c8381dfc 100644
--- a/perl/Messages
+++ b/perl/Messages
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ package DXM;
 				ok => 'Operation successful',
 				outconn => 'Outstanding connect to $_[0]',
 				page => 'Press Enter to continue, A to abort ($_[0] lines) >',
-				pagelth => 'Page Length is now $_[0]',
+				pagelth => 'Page Length is now $_[0] lines',
+				pagewidth => 'Page width is now $_[0] columns',
 				passerr => 'Please use: SET/PASS <password> <callsign>',
 				passphrase => 'Passphrase set or changed for $_[0]',
 				passphraseu => 'Passphrase removed for $_[0]',
diff --git a/perl/Spot.pm b/perl/Spot.pm
index e9dd2790..515c4626 100644
--- a/perl/Spot.pm
+++ b/perl/Spot.pm
@@ -458,9 +458,15 @@ sub ftor
 # format a spot for user output in list mode
 sub formatl
 {
-	my $t = ztime($_[2]);
-	my $d = cldate($_[2]);
-	return sprintf "%8.1f  %-11s %s %s  %-28.28s%7s>", $_[0], $_[1], $d, $t, ($_[3]||''), "<$_[4]" ;
+	my $t = ztime($_[3]);
+	my $d = cldate($_[3]);
+	my $width = ($_[0] ? $_[0] : 80) - 80 + 28;
+	my $comment = $_[4] || '';
+	$comment = substr $comment, 0, $width if length $comment > $width;
+	$comment .= ' ' x ($width - length($comment)) if $comment < $width;
+
+#	return sprintf "%8.1f  %-11s %s %s  %-28.28s%7s>", $_[0], $_[1], $d, $t, ($_[3]||''), "<$_[4]" ;
+	return sprintf "%8.1f  %-11s %s %s  ${comment}%7s>", $_[1], $_[2], $d, $t, "<$_[5]" ;
 }
 
 # enter the spot for dup checking and return true if it is already a dup
diff --git a/perl/console.pl b/perl/console.pl
index d01cd539..14c95bac 100755
--- a/perl/console.pl
+++ b/perl/console.pl
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ sub doresize
 	$inscroll = 0;
 	$spos = @sh < $pagel ? 0 :  @sh - $pagel;
 	show_screen();
+	$conn->send_later("C$call|$cols") if $conn;
 }
 
 # cease communications
-- 
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