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diff --git a/subcommand b/subcommand
index e5c0001..d37481c 100644
--- a/subcommand
+++ b/subcommand
@@ -168,20 +168,25 @@ gsu_getopts()
 _gsu_print_available_commands()
 {
 	local cmd cmds
-	local -i count=0
+	local -i maxlen=0 cols width=80 count=0
 
+	result=$(stty size 2>/dev/null)
+	if (($? == 0)); then
+		gsu_is_a_number "${result#* }"
+		((ret >= 0)) && ((result > 0)) && width=$result
+	fi
 	_gsu_available_commands
-	cmds="$result"
-	printf 'Available commands:\n'
+	cmds=$result
+	for cmd in $cmds; do
+		((${#cmd} > maxlen)) && maxlen=${#cmd}
+	done
+	let maxlen++
+	((width < maxlen)) && cols=1 || cols=$((width / maxlen))
+	printf 'Available commands:'
 	for cmd in $cmds; do
-		printf '%s' "$cmd"
+		((count % cols == 0)) && printf '\n'
+		printf '%-*s' $maxlen $cmd
 		let ++count
-		if ((count % 4)); then
-			printf '\t'
-			((${#cmd} < 8)) && printf '\t'
-		else
-			printf '\n'
-		fi
 	done
 	printf '\n'
 }
@@ -679,7 +684,21 @@ com_help()
 				y/\n/'"$tab"'/
 
 				# and print the sucker
-				p'
+				p
+			' | {
+				local -a cmds=() descs=()
+				local -i i maxlen=1
+				local cmd desc
+				while read cmd desc; do
+					((maxlen < ${#cmd})) && maxlen=${#cmd}
+					cmds[${#cmds[@]}]=$cmd
+					descs[${#descs[@]}]=$desc
+				done
+				for ((i = 0; i < ${#cmds[@]}; i++)); do
+					printf '%-*s %s\n' $maxlen ${cmds[$i]} \
+						"${descs[$i]}"
+				done
+			}
 		printf "\n# Try %s help <command> for info on <command>, or %s help -a to see\n" \
 			"$gsu_name" "$gsu_name"
 		printf '# also the subcommands which are automatically generated by gsu.\n'