text_layout¶ ↑

• github.com/nanki/text_layout

Text layout engine for CUI apps with a pretty table.

• Full-width character support.

• Line wrapping.

• Table layout with colspan and rowspan.

• Table with border.

# (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air)
table = [
  [{:colspan => 6, :value => "Table of models"}],
  ["Model", "Early 2008", "Late 2008", "Mid 2009", "Late 2010", "Mid 2011"],
  ["Model Identifier", "MacBookAir1,1", {:colspan=>2, :value => "MacBookAir2,1"}, "MacBookAir3,1(11\")\nMacBookAir3,2(13\")", "MacBookAir4,1(11\")\nMacBookAir4,2(13\")"],
  ["Model number", "MB003LL/A", "MB543LL/A\nMB940LL/A", "MC233LL/A\nMC234LL/A", "MC505LL/A\nMC503LL/A", "MC968ZP/A\nMC969ZP/A\nMC965ZP/A\nMC966ZP/A"],
  [{:rowspan => 2, :value => "Battery"}, {:colspan => 3, :value => "N/A"}, {:colspan => 2, :value => "35Wh(11\")"}],
  [{:colspan => 2, :value => "37Wh(13\")"}, "40Wh(13\")", {:colspan => 2, :value => "50Wh(13\")"}]
]

puts TextLayout::Table.new(table, :border => true).layout

---

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                          Table of models                                           |
+------------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|            Model |    Early 2008 | Late 2008 |  Mid 2009 |          Late 2010 |           Mid 2011 |
+------------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+
| Model Identifier | MacBookAir1,1 |         MacBookAir2,1 | MacBookAir3,1(11") | MacBookAir4,1(11") |
|                  |               |                       | MacBookAir3,2(13") | MacBookAir4,2(13") |
+------------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|     Model number |     MB003LL/A | MB543LL/A | MC233LL/A |          MC505LL/A |          MC968ZP/A |
|                  |               | MB940LL/A | MC234LL/A |          MC503LL/A |          MC969ZP/A |
|                  |               |           |           |                    |          MC965ZP/A |
|                  |               |           |           |                    |          MC966ZP/A |
+------------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|          Battery |                  N/A                  |                               35Wh(11") |
|                  +---------------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
|                  |                 37Wh(13") | 40Wh(13") |                               50Wh(13") |
+------------------+---------------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+

• unicode-display_width

• $ gem install text_layout

• github.com/aptinio/text-table

• github.com/jwulff/pretty_table

• github.com/visionmedia/terminal-table

• rubyworks.github.com/ansi/docs/api/ANSI/Table.html

After checking out the source, run:

$ rake newb

This task will install any missing dependencies, run the tests/specs, and generate the RDoc.

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