Re: large device major/minor numbers not supported

[Roland Illig <roland illig gmx de>]

MP wrote:
> > A harder question is _what_ to show on the screen for large device 
> > numbers
> > as there's no room for more than 7 characters, so e.g. a 200,1000 doesn't
>
>
> What about widening the column?
> 7 characters are ok for 80x25 but if you run MC in terminal, you can 
> have more  ... I have 141x65 if I run it in fullscreen (or 211x75 with 
> smaller font).
> So why not widen the column for larger resolutions? (100+ characters 
> screen width can easily afford 10 characters for that column)
> You'll see device numbers in full and also more precise file sizes (with 
> 10 character you'll see filesizes up to 10GB with 1 byte precision)

That's quite possible, but will require work on a new "layout algorithm" 
that can handle an "optimal width" and "stretchability", similar to a 
word processor program. But that's a little more work than my last 
patch. But I can work on it.

Roland