[Request] head.data.table print columns fit to screen width

[nverno]

Would it be useful for head.data.table to have an option to print only the head of columns that fit the screen width, and summarise the rest? I was imagining something like the printed output from the head of a tbl_df in dplyr. I think it is nice for tables with many columns.

[MichaelChirico]

@nverno could you add an example from dplyr that exemplifies what you have in mind?

[arunsrinivasan]

@MichaelChirico it only prints a few columns and displays the others as variables not shown. I'm not entirely sure how it's helpful.. but shouldn't hurt to add an argument...

require(data.table)
dt = setDT(lapply(1:100, function(x) 1:3))
dt
dplyr::tbl_dt(dt)