degesch: improve /help display

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c
index 01cc65f..37c0c1d 100644
--- a/degesch.c
+++ b/degesch.c
@@ -4944,11 +4944,18 @@ handle_command_help (struct app_context *ctx, char *arguments)
 	{
 		buffer_send_status (ctx, ctx->global_buffer, "%s", "");
 		buffer_send_status (ctx, ctx->global_buffer, "Commands:");
+
+		int longest = 0;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < N_ELEMENTS (g_command_handlers); i++)
+		{
+			int len = strlen (g_command_handlers[i].name);
+			longest = MAX (longest, len);
+		}
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < N_ELEMENTS (g_command_handlers); i++)
 		{
 			struct command_handler *handler = &g_command_handlers[i];
-			buffer_send_status (ctx, ctx->global_buffer, "  %s: %s",
-				handler->name, handler->description);
+			buffer_send_status (ctx, ctx->global_buffer, "  %-*s  %s",
+				longest, handler->name, handler->description);
 		}
 		return true;
 	}