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Allow configuring the columns produced by pixi list #2076

@Yura52

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@Yura52

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Currently (pixi==0.29.0), the output of pixi list does not fit the width of my terminal, which makes the result unreadable. My current workflow is as follows:

  1. Run pixi list and get a hard-to-read output.
  2. Reduce the font size of the current terminal window.
  3. On macOS, the previous step reduces the window size as well, so make it full screen again.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the output fits the terminal.

At the same time, I realized that the only columns I usually need are:

  • Package
  • Version
  • Kind (though I would much prefer "Channel" instead of Kind, but this is not available, so adding my upvote to this feature request)
  • Build (not always, but sometimes)

So it would be nice to be able to configure pixi list to output only some of the columns.

P.S. Overall, it seems that pixi list diverges from pip list and conda list in terms of the amount of information produced by default. My intuition is that, for most users, some of the details (e.g. Source or Size) are less frequently needed compared to other essential columns, though this can be subjective.

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