ENH: Adjust height/width/max_rows defaults to match informal survey results

Author: y-p

pandas/core/config_init.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pandas.core.config as cf
 from pandas.core.config import (is_int, is_bool, is_text, is_float,
-                                is_instance_factory,is_one_of_factory)
+                                is_instance_factory,is_one_of_factory,get_default_val)
 from pandas.core.format import detect_console_encoding
 
 """
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def mpl_style_cb(key):
     cf.register_option('column_space', 12, validator=is_int)
     cf.register_option('max_info_rows', 1690785, pc_max_info_rows_doc,
                        validator=is_instance_factory((int, type(None))))
-    cf.register_option('max_rows', 100, pc_max_rows_doc, validator=is_int)
+    cf.register_option('max_rows', 60, pc_max_rows_doc, validator=is_int)
     cf.register_option('max_colwidth', 50, max_colwidth_doc, validator=is_int)
     cf.register_option('max_columns', 20, pc_max_cols_doc, validator=is_int)
     cf.register_option('max_info_columns', 100, pc_max_info_cols_doc,
@@ -229,14 +229,15 @@ def mpl_style_cb(key):
     cf.register_option('encoding', detect_console_encoding(), pc_encoding_doc,
                        validator=is_text)
     cf.register_option('expand_frame_repr', True, pc_expand_repr_doc)
-    cf.register_option('line_width', 80, pc_line_width_doc)
     cf.register_option('chop_threshold', None, pc_chop_threshold_doc)
     cf.register_option('max_seq_items', None, pc_max_seq_items)
     cf.register_option('mpl_style', None, pc_mpl_style_doc,
                        validator=is_one_of_factory([None, False, 'default']),
                        cb=mpl_style_cb)
-    cf.register_option('height', 100, pc_height_doc, validator=is_int)
+    cf.register_option('height', 60, pc_height_doc, validator=is_int)
     cf.register_option('width',80, pc_width_doc, validator=is_int)
+    # redirected to width, make defval identical
+    cf.register_option('line_width', get_default_val('display.width'), pc_line_width_doc)
 cf.deprecate_option('display.line_width',
                     msg=pc_line_width_deprecation_warning,
                     rkey='display.width')

pandas/core/format.py

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def get_col_type(dtype):
                 return 'r'
             else:
                 return 'l'
-        
+
         import warnings
         if force_unicode is not None:  # pragma: no cover
             warnings.warn(
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ def get_col_type(dtype):
             strcols = [[info_line]]
         else:
             strcols = self._to_str_columns()
-        
+
         if column_format is None:
             dtypes = self.frame.dtypes.values
             column_format = 'l%s' % ''.join(map(get_col_type, dtypes))
@@ -1683,8 +1683,8 @@ def get_console_size():
         # pure terminal
         terminal_width, terminal_height = get_terminal_size()
     else:
-        terminal_width, terminal_height = 80, 100
-    
+        terminal_width, terminal_height = 100, 60
+
     return (display_width or terminal_width, display_height or terminal_height)