From 77ae017377c79e4286da2fbddc1d88472b698916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anjakefala <anja.kefala@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 20:49:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [fixed] use maxWidth for saving if larger than column width

Closes #1849
---
 visidata/loaders/fixed_width.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/visidata/loaders/fixed_width.py b/visidata/loaders/fixed_width.py
index 5e78f0ae8..684b644c9 100644
--- a/visidata/loaders/fixed_width.py
+++ b/visidata/loaders/fixed_width.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def save_fixed(vd, p, *vsheets):
             widths = {}  # Column -> width:int
             # headers
             for col in Progress(sheet.visibleCols, gerund='sizing'):
-                widths[col] = col.width or sheet.options.default_width or col.getMaxWidth(sheet.rows)
+                maxWidth = col.getMaxWidth(sheet.rows)
+                widths[col] = col.width if col.width >= maxWidth else sheet.options.default_width or maxWidth
                 fp.write(('{0:%s} ' % widths[col]).format(col.name))
             fp.write('\n')