limactl list: dynamically reduces the column, depending on the terminal width

[AkihiroSuda]

• limactl list: add "VMTYPE" column #1203

We are going to have too many columns:

$ limactl ls
NAME       STATUS     SSH            VM TYPE    ARCH      CPUS    MEMORY    DISK      DIR
default    Stopped    127.0.0.1:0    qemu       x86_64    4       4GiB      100GiB    /Users/suda/.lima/default
vz         Stopped    127.0.0.1:0    vz         x86_64    4       4GiB      100GiB    /Users/suda/.lima/vz

When the terminal is small, some columns (especially "DIR") can be just hidden.

[jandubois]

One thing we could do to save some small amount of space would be to replace $HOME in "DIR" with ~:

$ limactl ls
NAME       STATUS     SSH            VM TYPE    ARCH      CPUS    MEMORY    DISK      DIR
default    Stopped    127.0.0.1:0    qemu       x86_64    4       4GiB      100GiB    ~/.lima/default
vz         Stopped    127.0.0.1:0    vz         x86_64    4       4GiB      100GiB    ~/.lima/vz

[jandubois]

Another idea: check if all instances use the native arch (which I suspect will be true for most users), and drop the "ARCH" column if there are no emulated instances.

[AkihiroSuda]

~

Yes, already opened a PR

• limactl list: "/Users/<USERNAME>/.lima/..." -> "~/.lima/..." #1205

[AkihiroSuda]

Another idea: check if all instances use the native arch (which I suspect will be true for most users), and drop the "ARCH" column if there are no emulated instances.

SGTM

[afbjorklund]

Some of these could probably be delegated to a "wide" option, ilke in kubectl ?

It would show all the columns, even if some of them are being hidden by default.

Probably my fault, for wanting to show resources (cpu/mem/disk) by default...

• c908af7

But I never found out what the "SSH" column is used for ? only has port, not key etc

[afbjorklund]

drop the "ARCH" column if there are no emulated instances

Can do the same for vmtype, perhaps ? Hide it, if identical.

Especially if there is only one vmtype available, like on Linux.