Page comic listings.

doc/changelog.txt

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ Dosage 1.13 (released xx.xx.2013)
 Features:
 - comics: Added comic strips AhoiPolloi, AxeCop, Bearmageddon, DeadWinter,
   HarkAVagrant, IAmArg, LoadingArtist, Nnewts, PHDComics, PokeyThePenguin,
-  SnowFlame and WorldOfMrToast, Zwarwald.
+  SnowFlame, WorldOfMrToast and Zwarwald.
+
+Changes:
+- cmdline: Comic lists are now displayed one page at a time.
 
 Fixes:
 - cmdline: Catch error when piping output to another

dosage

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import os
 import argparse
 import pydoc
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from dosagelib import events, scraper
 from dosagelib.output import out
@@ -206,6 +207,12 @@ def run(options):
 
 def doList(columnList=True, verbose=False):
     """List available comics."""
+    page = hasattr(sys.stdout, "isatty") and sys.stdout.isatty()
+    if page:
+        fd = StringIO()
+    else:
+        fd = sys.stdout
+    out.setStream(fd)
     out.info('Available comic scrapers:')
     out.info('Comics marked with [A] require age confirmation with the --adult option.')
     scrapers = sorted(getScrapers(['@@']), key=lambda s: s.getName())
@@ -214,6 +221,8 @@ def doList(columnList=True, verbose=False):
     else:
         num = doSingleList(scrapers, verbose=verbose)
     out.info('%d supported comics.' % num)
+    if page:
+        pydoc.pager(fd.getvalue())
     return 0
 
 
@@ -223,7 +232,7 @@ def doSingleList(scrapers, verbose=False):
         if verbose:
             displayComicHelp(scraperobj)
         else:
-            print(getScraperName(scraperobj))
+            out.info(getScraperName(scraperobj))
     return num
 
 
@@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ def doColumnList(scrapers):
     maxlen = max(len(name) for name in names)
     namesPerLine = max(int(screenWidth / (maxlen + 1)), 1)
     while names:
-        print(''.join(name.ljust(maxlen) for name in names[:namesPerLine]))
+        out.info(''.join(name.ljust(maxlen) for name in names[:namesPerLine]))
         del names[:namesPerLine]
     return num
 

dosagelib/output.py

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class Output(object):
         self.context = ''
         self.level = 0
         self.timestamps = False
+        self.setStream(stream)
+
+    def setStream(self, stream):
+        """Initialize context and indentation."""
         self.stream = Colorizer(stream)
 
     def info(self, s, level=0):
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ class Output(object):
         else:
             timestamp = ''
         with lock:
+            if self.context or timestamp:
                 self.stream.write('%s%s> ' % (timestamp, self.context))
             self.stream.write('%s' % s, color=color)
             self.stream.write(os.linesep)