Automated Layout Techniquies, Tools and Strategies?

[erwin]

Terminals on portrait mode smartphones are probably around 40 columns wide.
The standard Unix terminals were usually around 80 x 24
For graphical terminals, something wider, but probably less than either 120 or 150 is the default.

Web design has gotten really good at translating the same content into multiple different sizes and aspect ratios.

Curious on thoughts on how to structure applications to use lipgloss to handle a broad spectrum of sizes?

My initial thought is something like:

• less than 40 characters: display an error asking for larger screen size
• 40-79 char view for narrow screens: use alternative "short" names for on screen items
• 80-120 char view for normal screens: normal mode most people will be using
• 121+ char view for wide screens: draw a border around everything and center the 120 characters of the display

So every View() would basically become ViewSmartphone(), ViewNormal() or ViewHuge() depending on the screen width.

Has anyone gathered statistics on average terminal dimensions either on the desktop or via ssh? I searched a bit but didn't see any.

Some apps handle terminal resizing better than others. Personally I think neovim does the best job, but it's use case is probably quite a bit different than most apps that will use lipgloss.