better aptitude search

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 76cf30b21570be7a473800900bf0304f05900e8a..c88a065bfed4fbcf0238a9dc16cbcb9a6fbc04e3 100644 (file)
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -504,10 +504,16 @@ else
         fi
     }
     pf() {
+        # scratch a very annoying itch.
+        # package description width as wide as the screen, and package name field small
+        # aptitude manual can't figure out how wide emacs terminal is,
+        # of course it doesn't consult the $COLUMNS variable...
+        # and in a normal terminal, it makes the package name field ridiculously big
+        # also, remove that useless dash before the description
         if [[ $EUID == 0 ]]; then
-            aptitude search "$@"
+            aptitude -F "%c%a%M %p %$((COLUMNS - 30))d" -w $COLUMNS search "$@"
         else
-            sudo aptitude search "$@"
+            sudo aptitude -F "%c%a%M %p %$((COLUMNS - 30))d" -w $COLUMNS search "$@"
         fi
     }
 fi