update Align() method to add '...' at the end when too long | managing special characters

internal/clifmt/symbols.go

@@ -36,50 +36,49 @@ func Title(s string) {
 }
 
 // Align prints strings with space padding to align line ends (fixed width)
-func Align(s string) {
-
-	// 1. print string
-	fmt.Printf("%s", s)
-
-	// 2. get actual size
-	size := len(s)
-
-	// 3. remove \033[XYm format characters
-	size -= (len(strings.Split(s, "\033")) - 0) * 6
-
-	// 3. add 1 char for each \033[0m
-	size += len(strings.Split(s, "\033[0m")) - 1
-
-	// 4. print trailing spaces
-	for i := size; i < alignOffset; i++ {
-		fmt.Printf(" ")
-	}
-}
-
-// AlignLimited prints strings with space padding to align line ends (fixed width)
 // also crops the content to add '...' at the end if too long (must have a space
 // at the end)
-func AlignLimited(s string) {
+func Align(s string) {
 
-	// format string
+	// 1. replace tabs with 4 spaces
-	if len(s) > alignOffset-1 {
+	tabs := strings.Split(s, "\t")
-		s = fmt.Sprintf("%s... ", s[:alignOffset-4])
+	s = strings.Join(tabs, "    ")
+
+	// 1. get real size
+	size := getRealSize(s)
+
+	if size > alignOffset-6 {
+
+		for i, l := 0, len(s); i < l; i++ { // find when real size is right under
+			next := fmt.Sprintf("%s\033[0m… ", s[0:i+1])
+			if getRealSize(next) >= alignOffset-5 {
+				s = next
+				break
+			}
+
+		}
+		size = getRealSize(s) - 1
 	}
 
-	// 1. print string
+	// 2. print string
 	fmt.Printf("%s", s)
 
-	// 2. get actual size
+	// 3. print trailing spaces
-	size := len(s)
-
-	// 3. remove \033[XYm format characters
-	size -= (len(strings.Split(s, "\033")) - 0) * 6
-
-	// 3. add 1 char for each \033[0m
-	size += len(strings.Split(s, "\033[0m")) - 1
-
-	// 4. print trailing spaces
 	for i := size; i < alignOffset; i++ {
 		fmt.Printf(" ")
 	}
 }
+
+// getRealSize returns the real size escaping special characters
+func getRealSize(s string) int {
+	// 1. get actual size
+	size := len(s)
+
+	// 2. remove \033[XYm format characters
+	size -= 7 * len(strings.Split(s, "\033"))
+
+	// 3. compensate 1 char for \033[0m
+	size += len(strings.Split(s, "\033[0m"))
+
+	return size
+}