Print to less if output is bigger than terminal window height.

Cargo.lock

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -67,6 +69,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f639046355ee4f37944e44f60642c6f3a7efa3cf6b78c78a0d989a8ce6c396a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno-dragonfly",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "errno-dragonfly"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aa68f1b12764fab894d2755d2518754e71b4fd80ecfb822714a1206c2aab39bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -109,7 +132,10 @@ version = "0.1.4"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "argparse",
+ "atty",
  "colored",
+ "libc",
+ "pager",
  "serde_json",
  "ureq",
  "webbrowser",
@@ -132,9 +158,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.93"
+version = "0.2.139"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9385f66bf6105b241aa65a61cb923ef20efc665cb9f9bb50ac2f0c4b7f378d41"
+checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -157,6 +183,16 @@ version = "1.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af8b08b04175473088b46763e51ee54da5f9a164bc162f615b91bc179dbf15a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pager"
+version = "0.16.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2599211a5c97fbbb1061d3dc751fa15f404927e4846e07c643287d6d1f462880"
+dependencies = [
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.1.0"

Cargo.toml

@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 ureq = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["json"] }
+libc = "0.2.139"
 serde_json = "1.0.64"
 ansi_term = "0.12.1"
 colored = "2.0.0"
 argparse = "0.2.2"
 webbrowser = "0.5.5"
+atty = "0.2"
+pager = "0.16.1"
 
 [features]

src/main.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 use std::{
     io::{stdin, stdout, Write},
     thread::{self, JoinHandle},
+    env,
 };
 
+use libc::{c_ushort, ioctl, STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ};
 use argparse::{ArgumentParser, List, Print, Store, StoreTrue};
 use colored::*;
 use serde_json::Value;
+use atty::Stream;
+use pager::Pager;
 
 macro_rules! JISHO_URL {
     () => {
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ struct Options {
 impl Default for Options {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            limit: 4,
+            limit: 0,
             query: String::default(),
             kanji: false,
             interactive: false,
@@ -33,6 +37,18 @@ impl Default for Options {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Error> {
+    let term_size;
+
+    if atty::is(Stream::Stdout) {
+        match terminal_size() {
+            Ok(s) => term_size = s,
+            Err(_e) => term_size = 0
+        }
+    } else {
+        term_size = 0;
+    }
+
+    let mut lines_output = 0;
     let options = parse_args();
 
     let mut query = {
@@ -89,17 +105,30 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Error> {
                 println!();
             }
 
+            let mut output = String::new();
             // Iterate over meanings and print them
             for (i, entry) in body.iter().enumerate() {
-                if i >= options.limit {
+                if i >= options.limit && options.limit != 0 {
                     break;
                 }
-
+                match print_item(&query, entry, &mut output) {
-                if print_item(&query, entry).is_some() && i + 2 <= options.limit {
+                    Some(r) => lines_output += r,
-                    println!();
+                    None => continue,
                 }
+
+                output.push('\n');
+                lines_output += 1;
             }
-            println!();
+            output.pop();
+            lines_output -= 1;
+
+            if lines_output >= term_size - 1 && term_size != 0{
+                /* output is a different process that is not a tty (i.e. less), but we want to keep colour */
+                env::set_var("CLICOLOR_FORCE", "1");
+                Pager::with_pager("less -R").setup();
+            }
+            print!("{}", output);
+
         }
 
         if !options.interactive {
@@ -119,7 +148,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn print_item(query: &str, value: &Value) -> Option<()> {
+fn print_item(query: &str, value: &Value, output: &mut String) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut aux;
     let japanese = value_to_arr(value.get("japanese")?).get(0)?.to_owned();
 
     let reading = japanese
@@ -129,20 +159,22 @@ fn print_item(query: &str, value: &Value) -> Option<()> {
 
     let word = value_to_str(japanese.get("word").unwrap_or(japanese.get("reading")?));
 
-    println!("{}[{}] {}", word, reading, format_result_tags(value));
+    aux = format!("{}[{}] {}\n", word, reading, format_result_tags(value));
+    *output += &aux;
 
     // Print senses
-    let senses = value.get("senses")?;
+    let senses = value_to_arr(value.get("senses")?);
-    for (i, sense) in value_to_arr(senses).iter().enumerate() {
+    for (i, sense) in senses.iter().enumerate() {
         let sense_str = format_sense(&sense, i);
         if sense_str.is_empty() {
             continue;
         }
 
-        println!(" {}", sense_str);
+        aux = format!(" {}\n", sense_str);
+        *output += &aux;
     }
 
-    Some(())
+    Some(senses.iter().count() + 1)
 }
 
 fn format_sense(value: &Value, index: usize) -> String {
@@ -304,10 +336,17 @@ fn parse_args() -> Options {
         ap.parse_args_or_exit();
     }
 
-    if options.limit == 0 {
-        options.limit = 1;
-    }
-
     options.query = query_vec.join(" ");
     options
 }
+
+fn terminal_size() -> Result<usize, i16> {
+    unsafe {
+        let mut size: c_ushort = 0;
+        if ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ.into(), &mut size as *mut _) != 0 {
+            Err(-1)
+        } else {
+            Ok(size as usize)
+        }
+    }
+}