exa/src/column.rs

pub enum Column {
    Permissions,
    FileName,
    FileSize(bool),
    Blocks,
    User,
    Group,
    HardLinks,
    Inode,
}

// Each column can pick its own alignment. Usually, numbers are
// right-aligned, and text is left-aligned.

pub enum Alignment {
    Left, Right,
}

impl Column {
    pub fn alignment(&self) -> Alignment {
        match *self {
            Column::FileSize(_) => Alignment::Right,
            Column::HardLinks   => Alignment::Right,
            Column::Inode       => Alignment::Right,
            Column::Blocks      => Alignment::Right,
            _                   => Alignment::Left,
        }
    }

    pub fn header(&self) -> &'static str {
        match *self {
            Column::Permissions => "Permissions",
            Column::FileName => "Name",
            Column::FileSize(_) => "Size",
            Column::Blocks => "Blocks",
            Column::User => "User",
            Column::Group => "Group",
            Column::HardLinks => "Links",
            Column::Inode => "inode",
        }
    }
}

// An Alignment is used to pad a string to a certain length, letting
// it pick which end it puts the text on. It takes the amount of
// padding to apply, rather than the width the text should end up,
// because these strings are usually full of control characters.

impl Alignment {
    pub fn pad_string(&self, string: &String, padding: uint) -> String {
        match *self {
            Alignment::Left => string.clone() + " ".to_string().repeat(padding).as_slice(),
            Alignment::Right => " ".to_string().repeat(padding) + string.as_slice(),
        }
    }
}