Allow text cropping from both sides
janosh opened this issue · comments
Besides alignment with > and <, it would be cool if we could set whether to crop long text from the left or right. Current default is cropping the end (i.e. from right) but for --format WorkDir, it's usually more interesting to see the end of a directory name.
Good point; I hadn't used workdir before.
In terms of syntax, what would make sense? I'm thinking like WorkDir%20e with the e signifying end with default being start. $ may be more standard but then would have to use string literals for the arguments.
e at the end sounds intuitive and easy to remember to me. 👍
Btw, how come you use HTML tags instead of markdown native code fences for tables?
<pre><b> Name State Time CPU Memory</b>
XXXXX000 COMPLETED 00:01:53 97.3% 14.0%
XXXXX001 COMPLETED 00:02:19 84.2% 14.0%
XXXXX002 COMPLETED 00:06:33 28.2% 14.0%
XXXXX003 COMPLETED 00:04:59 39.1% 14.0%
XXXXX004 COMPLETED 00:02:31 97.4% 9.2%
XXXXX005 COMPLETED 00:02:38 98.1% 9.1%
XXXXX006 COMPLETED 00:02:24 97.2% 9.1%
XXXXX007 COMPLETED 00:02:40 98.1% 9.0%
XXXXX008 COMPLETED 00:02:39 96.2% 9.1%
XXXXX009 COMPLETED 00:02:45 96.4% 9.0%
XXXXX012 COMPLETED 00:00:53 58.5% 10.6%
XXXXX013 COMPLETED 00:02:13 38.3% 10.6%
XXXXX014 COMPLETED 00:37:02 44.9% 10.6%
XXXXX015 COMPLETED 00:44:33 34.0% 10.6%
XXXXX016 COMPLETED 00:38:29 29.6% 10.7%
XXXXX017 COMPLETED 00:19:57 74.5% 10.8%
XXXXX018 COMPLETED 00:14:25 95.0% 10.8%
XXXXX019 COMPLETED 00:35:38 2.6% 10.6%
XXXXX020 COMPLETED 00:02:16 38.2% 10.6%
XXXXX021 COMPLETED 00:02:34 46.1% 10.9%
XXXXX022 COMPLETED 00:20:53 7.1% 10.6%
XXXXX023 COMPLETED 00:01:00 95.0% 11.1%
XXXXX024 COMPLETED 00:09:06 88.5% 10.5%
XXXXX025 COMPLETED 00:08:08 95.3% 10.6%
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Wouldn't this be cleaner?
```txt
Name State Time CPU Memory
XXXXX000 COMPLETED 00:01:53 97.3% 14.0%
XXXXX001 COMPLETED 00:02:19 84.2% 14.0%
XXXXX002 COMPLETED 00:06:33 28.2% 14.0%
XXXXX003 COMPLETED 00:04:59 39.1% 14.0%
XXXXX004 COMPLETED 00:02:31 97.4% 9.2%
XXXXX005 COMPLETED 00:02:38 98.1% 9.1%
XXXXX006 COMPLETED 00:02:24 97.2% 9.1%
XXXXX007 COMPLETED 00:02:40 98.1% 9.0%
XXXXX008 COMPLETED 00:02:39 96.2% 9.1%
XXXXX009 COMPLETED 00:02:45 96.4% 9.0%
XXXXX012 COMPLETED 00:00:53 58.5% 10.6%
XXXXX013 COMPLETED 00:02:13 38.3% 10.6%
XXXXX014 COMPLETED 00:37:02 44.9% 10.6%
XXXXX015 COMPLETED 00:44:33 34.0% 10.6%
XXXXX016 COMPLETED 00:38:29 29.6% 10.7%
XXXXX017 COMPLETED 00:19:57 74.5% 10.8%
XXXXX018 COMPLETED 00:14:25 95.0% 10.8%
XXXXX019 COMPLETED 00:35:38 2.6% 10.6%
XXXXX020 COMPLETED 00:02:16 38.2% 10.6%
XXXXX021 COMPLETED 00:02:34 46.1% 10.9%
XXXXX022 COMPLETED 00:20:53 7.1% 10.6%
XXXXX023 COMPLETED 00:01:00 95.0% 11.1%
XXXXX024 COMPLETED 00:09:06 88.5% 10.5%
XXXXX025 COMPLETED 00:08:08 95.3% 10.6%
```Initially it was to try to display the color of each column, but since github markdown didn't support it I deleted the color tags. Left in the preformat tag to display at least the bolded column names. Good suggestion though.