Let user adjust the column widths of the package menu.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-name-column-width)
(package-version-column-width, package-status-column-width)
(package-archive-column-width): New defcustoms.
(package-menu-mode):
Use the values of defcustoms instead of hardcoded
values.  (Bug#41086)

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index ecf833b5473322c2446baacd4deea5f017eb3698..9a6d1d7319df59e68aaa1d137545cbbbd9fb6266 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -397,6 +397,26 @@ synchronously."
   :type 'boolean
   :version "25.1")
 
+(defcustom package-name-column-width 30
+  "Column width for the Package name in the package menu."
+  :type 'number
+  :version "28.1")
+
+(defcustom package-version-column-width 14
+  "Column width for the Package version in the package menu."
+  :type 'number
+  :version "28.1")
+
+(defcustom package-status-column-width 12
+  "Column width for the Package status in the package menu."
+  :type 'number
+  :version "28.1")
+
+(defcustom package-archive-column-width 8
+  "Column width for the Package status in the package menu."
+  :type 'number
+  :version "28.1")
+
 \f
 ;;; `package-desc' object definition
 ;; This is the struct used internally to represent packages.
@@ -2750,11 +2770,11 @@ Letters do not insert themselves; instead, they are commands.
                             (package-menu--transaction-status
                              package-menu--transaction-status)))
   (setq tabulated-list-format
-        `[("Package" 18 package-menu--name-predicate)
-          ("Version" 13 package-menu--version-predicate)
-          ("Status"  10 package-menu--status-predicate)
+        `[("Package" ,package-name-column-width package-menu--name-predicate)
+          ("Version" ,package-version-column-width package-menu--version-predicate)
+          ("Status"  ,package-status-column-width  package-menu--status-predicate)
           ,@(if (cdr package-archives)
-                '(("Archive" 10 package-menu--archive-predicate)))
+                `(("Archive" ,package-archive-column-width package-menu--archive-predicate)))
           ("Description" 0 package-menu--description-predicate)])
   (setq tabulated-list-padding 2)
   (setq tabulated-list-sort-key (cons "Status" nil))