luarocks search --all too long to be usable
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Description
I am using lua on windows 10.
Current luarocks search -all on terminar produces a large output which could be improved.
```
colormap
1.1-2 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
1.1-1 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
1.1-0 (rockspec) - https://luarocks.org
```
I see that this format is intended to be readable, however is too large to be.
I would propose to stick to 1 line per package:
- or just a coma separated list of all packages, as most packagenames are autodescriptive or could be web-searched.
```
color , 1.1-1 , rockspec , Description
colorise , 1.0-1 , rockspec , Description
colormap , 1.1-2 , rockspec , Description
```
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Start by locating the LuaRocks implementation for the `search --all` command and how it formats package results. Compare the current multi-line output with the proposed one-line-per-package format; done means the output is substantially shorter while still showing the package name, version, type, and description.
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