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[BUG] "Display" info line can end up too long and go past 79, causing a wrapped line #2579

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Description

"Display" info line can end up too long and go past 79, causing a wrapped line. It should probably be either truncated, or wrapped by fastfetch in a way where it indents the next line correctly.

Version used

2.68.1

Bug prevalence

No response

Regression

Not sure

Installation

Package manager

Package manager

Alpine apk

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Image

(Called via hyfetch but problem is the same when called directly)

Configuration

System information

{
  ...

  {
    "type": "Display",
    "result": [
      {
        "id": ...,
        "name": "HP M27fe FHD",
        "primary": false,
        "output": {
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "refreshRate": 60.0,
          "drrStatus": null,
          "dpi": 120
        },
        "scaled": {
          "width": 1536,
          "height": 864
        },
        "preferred": {
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1080,
          "refreshRate": 60.0
        },
        "physical": {
          "width": 600,
          "height": 340
        },
        "rotation": 0,
        "bitDepth": 0,
        "hdrStatus": "Unsupported",
        "type": "External",
        "manufactureDate": {
          "year": 2023,
          "week": 36
        },
        "serial": ...,
        "platformApi": "wayland-zxdg"
      }
    ],
    "stat": 2.6039260029792786
  },
  ...
}

Features built-in

$ fastfetch --list-features
linux-headers 7.2.1
threads
vulkan
wayland
xcb-randr
drm
gio
dconf
dbus
imagemagick7
chafa
zlib
sqlite3
opencl
libpulse
libddcutil
libelf
libzfs
System yyjson
linux/videodev2
Embedded wcwidth

Activity

  1. CarterLi commented on Sep 13, 2026

    @CarterLi
    Member

    --disable-linewrap

  2. locked and limited conversation to collaborators on Sep 13, 2026
  3. converted this issue into a discussion #2580 on Sep 13, 2026
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