Truncate description to maxLen to get neater npm search output

timoxley · Mar 25, 2012 · 74286ac · 74286ac
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diff --git a/lib/search.js b/lib/search.js
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ function prettify (data, args) {
             , (data.keywords || []).join(" ")
             ]
     l.forEach(function (s, i) {
+      // limit description to maxLen.
+      // Remember to change this when changing/reordering columns
+      if (s.length > maxLen[i] && i == 1) {
+        s = l[i] = s.substring(0, maxLen[i] - 1) + '>'
+      }
       var len = s.length
       longest[i] = Math.min(maxLen[i] || Infinity
                            ,Math.max(longest[i] || 0, len))