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Re: length of a package extended description



On Thu, 15 Jan 2015, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> I don't even see how it can work. Perhaps you need to explain.

*sigh*…

• Take output of 「apt-cache show texlive-latex-extra」
• Replace all newlines with \x01
• Replace all “\x01\x20” with just a space (0x20)
• Replace all remaining \x01 back to newlines

⇒ this ensures all fields are one line only

• Sort that
• Display it with less, telling less to please not wrap lines

Is this explained enough?

bye,
//mirabilos
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