option for auto-width as per tibble and glimpse()

[albert-ying]

Hi, thank you for this cool package!

I noticed that even if I set paint_n_rows to a large number (e.g. 20), the table is still cut at certain width with a ~ at the end, while there is still a lot of space on the screen. Is it possible to let it just "paint" until occupying the width of the screen(like default tibble does)? Thank you!

[MilesMcBain]

The number of rows is still limited by `paint_max_width`. You probably want to set that to something higher (default is 60). I don't enjoy the auto-width feature of `tibble`. I often have panes temporarily open that take space from the terminal, so if I output something during that time it'll be truncated, and it doesn't return to a bigger size when I return the terminal pane to its 'normal' size. If you set the `paint_max_width` to the normal size you like to have your terminal, there's no worrying about the order in which you do things, the output will always look right when you return your terminal to its normal size.

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[albert-ying]

Thank you for the reply! It works now. Still think it would be good to have an auto-width feature as an option that can be set by the user tho. It would be easier for people that already used to tibble and glimpse.

[MilesMcBain]

Alright, well let's leave this open as an issue for that then.