id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
160	Nginx -V Output Format	Nginxuser	somebody	"OK, This is not exactly the most critical thing in the scheme of things but it would be nice if some formatting could be applied to the output of the nginx -V command.

What I am thinking of is a new line before every "" --"" in the configure arguments string.

This will give the far more readable ...
{{{
[user@server]# nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.2.0
built by gcc 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3) (GCC) 
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: 
 --user=nginx 
 --group=apache 
 --prefix=/usr/share/nginx 
 --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx 
 --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf 
 --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log 
 --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log 
 --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body 
 --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy
 --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi
 --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid
 --lock-path=/var/lock/subsys/nginx
 --with-debug
 --with-http_sub_module
 --with-http_ssl_module
 --with-http_perl_module
 --with-http_stub_status_module
 --without-http_ssi_module
 --without-http_scgi_module
 --without-http_uwsgi_module
 --without-http_userid_module
 --without-http_memcached_module
 --without-http_split_clients_module
 --without-http_upstream_ip_hash_module
 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx_cache_purge-1.5
 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-devel-kit-0.2.17-4
 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx_auth_request-module
 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-echo-module-0.38rc1-0
 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-lua-module-0.5.0rc24-0
 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-headers-more-0.17rc1
 --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
 --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables'
}}}

as compared to the current ...

{{{
[user@server]# nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.2.0
built by gcc 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3) (GCC) 
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --user=nginx --group=apache --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/client_body --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/proxy --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/tmp/fastcgi --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/lock/subsys/nginx --with-debug --with-http_sub_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_perl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --without-http_ssi_module --without-http_scgi_module --without-http_uwsgi_module --without-http_userid_module --without-http_memcached_module --without-http_split_clients_module --without-http_upstream_ip_hash_module --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx_cache_purge-1.5 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-devel-kit-0.2.17-4 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx_auth_request-module --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-echo-module-0.38rc1-0 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-lua-module-0.5.0rc24-0 --add-module=/home/build/rpmbuild/BUILD/nginx-1.2.0/ngx-headers-more-0.17rc1 --with-cc-opt='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables'
}}}

When the current output is wrapped in the terminal window, it become basically unreadable.

Minor I know but little things make all the difference ... don't they?  "	enhancement	closed	minor		nginx-core	1.2.x	wontfix	usability		NA	NA