From bb7dd4dd085d0e1805a39478cac437d35313d22b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:10:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] console: Limit progress bar to 20 columns max

IMO, it looks bad to have a really big progress bar. I personally usually work
on a 27" monitor with maximized terminals.
---
 glnx-console.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/glnx-console.c b/glnx-console.c
index 38747652a..8654c7bfd 100644
--- a/glnx-console.c
+++ b/glnx-console.c
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
+/* For people with widescreen monitors and maximized terminals, it looks pretty
+ * bad to have an enormous progress bar. For much the same reason as web pages
+ * tend to have a maximum width;
+ * https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/48982/suggest-good-max-width-for-fluid-width-design
+ */
+#define MAX_PROGRESSBAR_COLUMNS 20
+
 static char *current_text = NULL;
 static gint current_percent = -1;
 static gboolean locked;
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ text_percent_internal (const char *text,
   else
     {
       const guint textlen = MIN (input_textlen, ncolumns - bar_min);
-      const guint barlen = ncolumns - (textlen + 1);;
+      const guint barlen = MIN (MAX_PROGRESSBAR_COLUMNS, ncolumns - (textlen + 1));
 
       if (textlen > 0)
         {
@@ -245,7 +252,7 @@ text_percent_internal (const char *text,
         const guint textpercent_len = 5;
         const guint bar_internal_len = barlen - nbraces - textpercent_len;
         const guint eqlen = bar_internal_len * (percentage / 100.0);
-        const guint spacelen = bar_internal_len - eqlen; 
+        const guint spacelen = bar_internal_len - eqlen;
 
         fputc ('[', stdout);
         printpad (equals, n_equals, eqlen);
-- 
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