From 4ae6833512634dc9f022076233a0378ed9ab8a33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: inxi-svn <inxi-svn@techpatterns.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:26:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] further optimizations, branch one testing

---
 inxi | 15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index ba6a489..c3a1dba 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ####  Script Name: inxi
 ####  Version: 2.0.0
 ####  Date: 2014-03-12
-####  Patch Number: 02-b1
+####  Patch Number: 03-b1
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
@@ -2613,6 +2613,7 @@ show_options()
 }
 
 # uses $COLUMNS global in terminal to set width using $LINE_MAX_BASIC
+# IMPORTANT: minimize use of subshells here or the output is too slow
 # args: $1 - 0 1 2 3 4 for indentation level; $2 -line starter, like -m; $3 - content of block.
 print_lines_basic()
 {
@@ -2693,6 +2694,7 @@ print_lines_basic()
 	# bash loop is so slow, only run this if required
 	# temp_count=$( wc -c <<< $3 )
 	temp_count=${#3}
+	# line_count=1000
 	if [[ $temp_count -gt $line_count ]];then
 		for word in $3
 		do
@@ -2712,12 +2714,8 @@ print_lines_basic()
 					line_starter="$line_x_starter"
 				fi
 				# clean up forced connections, ie, stuff we don't want wrapping
-				# it's slightly more efficient to echo than strip out start/end spaces with sed
-				# print_string=$( sed 's/\^/ /g' <<< $print_string | sed 's/^[[:space:]]|[[:space:]]$//g' )
-				#print_string=$( echo $print_string | sed 's/\^/ /g' )
-				print_string=$( sed 's/\^/ /g' <<< $print_string )
+				print_string=${print_string//^/}
 				print_screen_output "$line_starter$print_string"
-				#echo "$line_starter$print_string"
 				print_string="$word$spacer" # needed to handle second word on new line
 				temp_string=''
 				spacer=''
@@ -2735,11 +2733,8 @@ print_lines_basic()
 		else
 			line_starter="$line_x_starter"
 		fi
-		# print_string=$( sed 's/\^/ /g' <<< $print_string | sed 's/^[[:space:]]|[[:space:]]$//g' )
-		#print_string=$( echo $print_string | sed 's/\^/ /g' )
-		print_string=$( sed 's/\^/ /g' <<< $print_string )
+		print_string=${print_string//^/}
 		print_screen_output "$line_starter$print_string"
-		#echo "$line_starter$print_string"
 	fi
 }
 # print_lines_basic '1' '-m' 'let us teest this string and lots more and stuff and more stuff and x is wy and z is x and fred is dead and gus is alive an yes we have to go now'