Re: readelf -S and long section name

["H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:05:20AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 10:51:59AM -0400, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:38:14AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > > Yeah, I like it too. It should IMHO be only done with --wide and n should be
> > > > increased such that the lines are shorter than some 128 chars or something
> > > > like that. It is already wider than 80 chars (that's why it is --wide)
> > > > and I think the next common number of display columns is 128.
> > > 
> > > I agree it should only be with --wide. But I don't think there should
> > > be a limit. Otherwise, we don't have to make this change. The idea is
> > > to display the full section name. A 128 char limit defeats the purpose.
> > 
> > What I meant is, if section names are up to something like 55 characters,
> > it can be handled by moving the columns to the right, for longer section
> > names it could use split lines.
> > 
> > E.g. < 55 chars section names would be output like:
> >   [11] short_section                                         PROGBITS        000000000010a800 10a800 000000 00  AX  0   0 64
> >   [12] some_overly_long_section_name_which_is_below_55_chars PROGBITS        000000000010a800 10a800 000000 00  AX  0   0 64
> > But when it is longer, it would be
> >   [13] even_longer_section_name_which_really_doesnt_fit_into_any_reasonable_limits_I_can_imagine
> >                                                              PROGBITS        000000000010a800 10a800 000000 00  AX  0   0 64
> > 
> 
> According to the readelf info page:
> 
> `-W'
> `--wide'
>      Don't break output lines to fit into 80 columns. By default
>      `readelf' breaks section header and segment listing lines for
>      64-bit ELF files, so that they fit into 80 columns. This option
>      causes `readelf' to print each section header resp. each segment
>      one a single line, which is far more readable on terminals wider
>      than 80 columns.
> 
> --wide fits the output into 80 columns by breaking it into multiple
> lines. I like Alan's idea better, but only with --wide.
> 

Apparenly, I couldn't read. Jakub, your idea looks OK to me.


H.J.