elastic_tabstops 0.1.0

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+---
+sudo: false
+language: ruby
+cache: bundler
+rvm:
+  - 2.5.5
+before_install: gem install bundler -v 2.0.1

data/Gemfile

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+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in elastic_tabstops.gemspec
+gemspec

data/Gemfile.lock

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+PATH
+  remote: .
+  specs:
+    elastic_tabstops (0.1.0)
+
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    byebug (11.0.1)
+    coderay (1.1.2)
+    ffaker (2.11.0)
+    method_source (0.9.2)
+    minitest (5.11.3)
+    minitest-rg (5.2.0)
+      minitest (~> 5.0)
+    pry (0.12.2)
+      coderay (~> 1.1.0)
+      method_source (~> 0.9.0)
+    pry-byebug (3.7.0)
+      byebug (~> 11.0)
+      pry (~> 0.10)
+    rake (10.5.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  bundler (~> 2.0)
+  elastic_tabstops!
+  ffaker (~> 2.11.0)
+  minitest (~> 5.0)
+  minitest-rg (~> 5.0)
+  pry (~> 0.12.2)
+  pry-byebug (~> 3.7.0)
+  rake (~> 10.0)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.0.1

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+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>URL</key>
+	<string>http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>

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+	<key>URL</key>
+	<string>https://golang.org/pkg/text/tabwriter/</string>
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data/LICENSE.txt

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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Thomas A. Boyer
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.md

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+# ElasticTabstops
+This is a Ruby implementation of
+[elastic tabstops](http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/).
+
+Aligning output columns can greatly improve the legibility of program output.
+Unfortunately, that can be difficult to arrange.
+
+Elastic tabstops are an elegant solution to that problem.  The idea is to
+replace the classic "tabstops occur every 8 spaces" with the idea that
+corresponding tabs on adjacent lines should define a column, and the tabstop
+after that column's contents should be positioned to make that column just wide
+enough for its data.
+
+Tabs have always been elastic. This proposal makes the tab _stops_ elastic, as
+well, by positioning them to fit the text.
+
+As an example, this code writes several lines to an ElasticTabstops output
+stream, where each line contains five tab-separated "words" of random length.
+The elastic tabstops algorithm replaces tabs with spaces that neatly align the
+columns.
+```ruby
+require "elastic_tabstops"
+
+def word(letter); letter * rand(12) end;
+def line(letters); letters.map { |letter| word(letter) }.join("\t") end;
+
+et = ElasticTabstops::make_stream($stdout);
+5.times do et.puts line(%w(a b c d e)) end; et.flush;
+```
+```text
+aaaaaa     bbbbbbbbbbb c                eeeeeeeee
+aaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbb  cccc  ddddddddd  eeeeeeee
+aaaaaaaa   bb          cc    ddddddd    eeeee
+aaaaa      bbbbbb      ccccc dddddddddd ee
+aaaa       bbb         ccccc ddddd      eeeeeeee
+```
+
+## Details
+
+Data to be formatted as part of a column must be terminated with a tab character
+(`"\t"`).  Any data that doesn't have a terminating tab (that is, from the last
+tab to the end of the line) is not part of a column, and will be written
+(without padding) following the last column.
+
+A column is terminated by a line that doesn't contain that column. Having no
+content in a column is okay, but if you want the column to continue
+past that line, it must contain at least the tab terminator for that column.
+
+This is easier to see with an example.
+```
+elastic_tabstops_stream = ElasticTabstops::make_stream($stdout);
+[ "line 1: A|B|C",
+  "line 2: a|b|c|",
+  "line 3: aaa||cc|",
+  "line 4: a|bbbbbbbb|c|",
+  "line 5: A|",
+  "line 6: A|X|Y|Z|",
+  "line 7: a||yyyyyyyyyy|zzzz|",
+  "line 8: a|x|yyy|z|",
+  "line 9: aaaaaaaaaaaa|xx|yyyyy|z|",
+].each { |s| elastic_tabstops_stream.puts s.gsub("|", "\t") }
+elastic_tabstops_stream.flush # required (to process any buffered data)
+```
+(The `gsub` allows the example to use '|' as a visible stand-in for the required
+tab characters.)
+
+Here's the output:
+```
+line 1: A            B        C
+line 2: a            b        c
+line 3: aaa                   cc
+line 4: a            bbbbbbbb c
+line 5: A
+line 6: A            X  Y          Z
+line 7: a               yyyyyyyyyy zzzz
+line 8: a            x  yyy        z
+line 9: aaaaaaaaaaaa xx yyyyy      z
+```
+
+The first four lines have columns A, B, and C, but then line 5 has only
+column A. That terminates columns B and C. Note that column B of line 3 is
+empty, but column B continues to line 4 because the terminating tab was present.
+
+Lines 6 through 9 have columns A, X, Y, and Z. Columns X and Y are unconnected
+to columns B and C, because B and C were terminated at line 5.
+
+Column A is never broken, so it spans the entire output.
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'elastic_tabstops'
+```
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install elastic_tabstops
+
+## Usage
+
+First, you create an ElasticTabstop output stream. The `make_stream` takes a
+single argument, which is the output stream you want to receive the formatted
+results.
+```ruby
+  stream = ElasticTabstops::make_stream($stdout);
+```
+
+Then, write your data to the stream, terminating each column's data
+with a tab. Any data (at the end of line) that doesn't end in a tab is not
+part of a column, and will be written following the last column.
+
+ElasticTabstops streams provide `puts`, `print`, and `write` methods.
+
+When you're done writing to the stream, you need to call its `flush` method.
+The algorithm has to buffer the output data, because it can't generate
+output until it knows how wide the columns are, and it can't know for sure how
+wide the columns are until all the column data has been seen.
+The `flush` tells the stream to close off all open columns and emit the output.
+
+Generating an output line with no tab characters will also flush the buffer,
+because it terminates all open columns.
+
+Here's a more extensive demo. It prints an array of hashes as a table.
+```ruby
+require "ffaker"
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "elastic_tabstops"
+
+def word
+  FFaker::Lorem.word
+end
+
+def phrase(min_words=0, max_words=3)
+  rand(min_words..max_words).times.map { word }.join(' ')
+end
+
+# Generate some sample data, in the form of hashes containing random text
+keys = 5.times.map { phrase(1, 1) }
+#=> ["iusto", "natus", "temporibus", "nobis", "sit"]
+data = 10.times.map do
+  values = keys.size.times.map { phrase(0,2) }
+  Hash[keys.zip(values)]
+end
+#=> [{"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"", "nobis"=>"sit", "sit"=>"explicabo blanditiis"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"et", "natus"=>"nulla voluptas", "temporibus"=>"assumenda", "nobis"=>"omnis non", "sit"=>"autem"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"repellendus distinctio", "natus"=>"consequuntur ipsum", "temporibus"=>"ut", "nobis"=>"", "sit"=>"sit"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"cum", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"", "nobis"=>"qui ipsa", "sit"=>"soluta ut"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"nam ex", "temporibus"=>"delectus aut", "nobis"=>"", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"qui molestiae", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"ut eos", "nobis"=>"qui vel", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"et nesciunt", "natus"=>"provident", "temporibus"=>"veniam autem", "nobis"=>"", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"sint accusamus", "nobis"=>"cumque voluptates", "sit"=>"voluptas"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"est", "natus"=>"quidem", "temporibus"=>"rerum non", "nobis"=>"illo cupiditate", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"odio ratione", "temporibus"=>"porro", "nobis"=>"et numquam", "sit"=>""}]
+
+# Write the array of hashes in columns.
+# This method assumes that the first hash contains all the keys that matter.
+def write_table(hashes)
+  remember_original_stdout = $stdout
+  $stdout = ElasticTabstops::make_stream($stdout);
+  keys = hashes.first.keys
+  puts keys.join("\t")
+  puts keys.map { |k| '=' * k.size }.join("\t")
+  hashes.each do |h|
+    puts h.fetch_values(*keys).join("\t")
+  end
+  $stdout.flush
+  $stdout = remember_original_stdout
+end
+
+write_table(data);
+# iusto                  natus              temporibus     nobis             sit
+# =====                  =====              ==========     =====             ===
+#                                                          sit               explicabo blanditiis
+# et                     nulla voluptas     assumenda      omnis non         autem
+# repellendus distinctio consequuntur ipsum ut                               sit
+# cum                                                      qui ipsa          soluta ut
+#                        nam ex             delectus aut
+# qui molestiae                             ut eos         qui vel
+# et nesciunt            provident          veniam autem
+#                                           sint accusamus cumque voluptates voluptas
+# est                    quidem             rerum non      illo cupiditate
+#                        odio ratione       porro          et numquam
+```
+
+## Development
+
+After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies.
+Then, run `rake test` to run the tests.
+
+To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).
+
+## Contributing
+
+Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at `https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops`.
+
+## License
+
+The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require "rake/testtask"
+
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
+  t.libs << "test"
+  t.libs << "lib"
+  t.test_files = FileList["test/**/*_test.rb"]
+end
+
+task :default => :test

data/bin/console

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "elastic_tabstops"
+
+# You can add fixtures and/or initialization code here to make experimenting
+# with your gem easier. You can also use a different console, if you like.
+
+# (If you use this, don't forget to add pry to your Gemfile!)
+# require "pry"
+# Pry.start
+
+require "irb"
+IRB.start(__FILE__)

data/bin/demo.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require "ffaker"
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "elastic_tabstops"
+
+def word
+  FFaker::Lorem.word
+end
+
+def phrase(min_words=0, max_words=3)
+  rand(min_words..max_words).times.map { word }.join(' ')
+end
+
+# Generate some sample data, in the form of hashes containing random text
+keys = 5.times.map { phrase(1, 1) }
+#=> ["iusto", "natus", "temporibus", "nobis", "sit"]
+
+data = 10.times.map do
+  values = keys.size.times.map { phrase(0,2) }
+  Hash[keys.zip(values)]
+end
+#=> [{"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"", "nobis"=>"sit", "sit"=>"explicabo blanditiis"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"et", "natus"=>"nulla voluptas", "temporibus"=>"assumenda", "nobis"=>"omnis non", "sit"=>"autem"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"repellendus distinctio", "natus"=>"consequuntur ipsum", "temporibus"=>"ut", "nobis"=>"", "sit"=>"sit"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"cum", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"", "nobis"=>"qui ipsa", "sit"=>"soluta ut"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"nam ex", "temporibus"=>"delectus aut", "nobis"=>"", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"qui molestiae", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"ut eos", "nobis"=>"qui vel", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"et nesciunt", "natus"=>"provident", "temporibus"=>"veniam autem", "nobis"=>"", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"", "temporibus"=>"sint accusamus", "nobis"=>"cumque voluptates", "sit"=>"voluptas"},
+#    {"iusto"=>"est", "natus"=>"quidem", "temporibus"=>"rerum non", "nobis"=>"illo cupiditate", "sit"=>""},
+#    {"iusto"=>"", "natus"=>"odio ratione", "temporibus"=>"porro", "nobis"=>"et numquam", "sit"=>""}]
+
+# Write the array of hashes in colums.
+# This method assumes that the first hash contains all the keys that matter.
+def write_table(hashes)
+  remember_original_stdout = $stdout
+  $stdout = ElasticTabstops::make_stream($stdout);
+  keys = hashes.first.keys
+  puts keys.join("\t")
+  puts keys.map { |k| '=' * k.size }.join("\t")
+  hashes.each do |h|
+    puts h.fetch_values(*keys).join("\t")
+  end
+  $stdout.flush
+  $stdout = remember_original_stdout
+end
+
+write_table(data);
+# iusto                  natus              temporibus     nobis             sit
+# =====                  =====              ==========     =====             ===
+#                                                          sit               explicabo blanditiis
+# et                     nulla voluptas     assumenda      omnis non         autem
+# repellendus distinctio consequuntur ipsum ut                               sit
+# cum                                                      qui ipsa          soluta ut
+#                        nam ex             delectus aut
+# qui molestiae                             ut eos         qui vel
+# et nesciunt            provident          veniam autem
+#                                           sint accusamus cumque voluptates voluptas
+# est                    quidem             rerum non      illo cupiditate
+#                        odio ratione       porro          et numquam

data/bin/setup

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+set -vx
+
+bundle install
+
+# Do any other automated setup that you need to do here

data/elastic_tabstops.gemspec

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+
+lib = File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require "elastic_tabstops/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "elastic_tabstops"
+  spec.version       = ElasticTabstops::VERSION
+  spec.authors       = ["Thomas A. Boyer"]
+  spec.email         = ["thom at boyers.org"]
+
+  spec.summary       = %q{An output stream that makes columnar output easy.}
+  spec.description   = %q{This is an implementation of [elastic tabstops](http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/) in an output-stream filter.
+
+Data written to an elastic tabstop output stream is reformatted to align
+columns. Columns are made up of tab-terminated cells in adjacent lines of output.
+}
+  spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops"
+  spec.license       = "MIT"
+
+  if spec.respond_to?(:metadata)
+    spec.metadata["allowed_push_host"] = "https://rubygems.org"
+
+    spec.metadata["homepage_uri"] = spec.homepage
+    spec.metadata["source_code_uri"] = "https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops"
+    spec.metadata["changelog_uri"] = "https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
+  else
+    raise "RubyGems 2.0 or newer is required to protect against " \
+      "public gem pushes."
+  end
+
+  # Specify which files should be added to the gem when it is released.
+  # The `git ls-files -z` loads the files in the RubyGem that have been added into git.
+  spec.files         = Dir.chdir(File.expand_path('..', __FILE__)) do
+    `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
+  end
+  spec.bindir        = "exe"
+  spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 2.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "minitest-rg", "~> 5.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "pry", "~> 0.12.2"
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'pry-byebug', '~> 3.7', '>= 3.7.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency "ffaker", "~> 2.11", ">= 2.11.0"
+end

data/lib/elastic_tabstops.rb

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+require "elastic_tabstops/version"
+require "elastic_tabstops/formatter"
+require "elastic_tabstops/outstream_to_lines"
+require 'English'
+
+module ElasticTabstops
+  class Error < StandardError; end
+
+  def self.make_stream(output_stream, tabchar: "\t", padchar: ' ')
+    formatter = ElasticTabstops::Formatter.new(
+      output_stream,
+      tabchar: tabchar,
+      padchar: padchar
+    )
+    ElasticTabstops::OutstreamToLines.new(formatter)
+  end
+end

data/lib/elastic_tabstops/formatter.rb

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+module ElasticTabstops
+  class Formatter
+
+    def initialize(output_stream, tabchar: "\t", padchar: ' ')
+      @outstream = output_stream
+      @lines = []
+      @ctrls = []
+      @tabchar = tabchar
+      @padchar = padchar
+      @split_re = /(?<=#{Regexp.escape(tabchar)})/
+    end
+
+    # PRECONDITION: text == '' || /\A.*\r?\n\z/ === text
+    # In the regex above, `\A` matches beginning-of-string, and `\z` matches
+    # end-of-string. The absence of a multiline modifier (as in /abc/m) means
+    # `.` does NOT match newline.
+    #
+    # So, in English: `text` is a string, and it is either the empty string, or
+    # it is a sequence of non-newline characters terminated by a newline.
+    def line(text)
+      texts = text.split(@split_re)
+
+      # Ensure that a non-tab-terminated text exists at the end of texts
+      texts << '' if texts.empty? || texts[-1][-1] == @tabchar
+
+      emit_line_of_cells(texts)
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    # PRECONDITION: texts === Array && texts.size > 0 && texts[-1][-1] != @tabchar
+    def emit_line_of_cells(texts)
+      # Remove the non-tab-terminated cell from the end.
+      last = texts.pop
+
+      # Make sure `@ctrls` covers all columns in this input line.
+      @ctrls.push({ width: 0 }) while @ctrls.size < texts.size
+
+      # Convert the array of strings into an array of cell hashes
+      cells = texts.map.with_index do |text, i|
+        text = text[0..-2] # remove trailing tab
+        ctrl = @ctrls[i]
+        ctrl[:width] = text.size if text.size > ctrl[:width]
+        { text: text, ctrl: ctrl }
+      end
+
+      # Remove ctrl cells for columns that don't appear in this line.
+      # Such columns had data in the previous output line, but not this one.
+      @ctrls.pop while @ctrls.size > cells.size
+
+      # Restore the special `last` cell, and store the cells in @lines.
+      cells << { text: last } # NOTE: no :ctrl field
+      @lines.push(cells)
+
+      # If cells.size == 1, it's only the special `last` cell; there are no
+      # formattable columns in this line. That means all the pending output
+      # columns have terminated, and we finally know the :width's are final.
+      write_formatted_text_to_output if cells.size == 1
+    end
+
+    def write_formatted_text_to_output
+      @lines.each do |line|
+        line.each do |cell|
+          s = cell[:text]
+          @outstream.write(s)
+          if cell.key?(:ctrl)
+            @outstream.write(@padchar * (cell[:ctrl][:width] + 1 - s.size))
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      @lines = []
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/elastic_tabstops/outstream_to_lines.rb

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+module ElasticTabstops
+  class OutstreamToLines
+
+    # INVARIANT: @text contains no newlines
+
+    def initialize(liner)
+      @text = ''
+      @liner = liner
+    end
+
+    def puts(*args)
+      sio = StringIO.new
+      result = sio.puts(*args)
+      add_text(sio.string)
+      result
+    end
+
+    def print(*args)
+      sio = StringIO.new
+      result = sio.print(*args)
+      add_text(sio.string)
+      result
+    end
+
+    def write(*args)
+      sio = StringIO.new
+      result = sio.write(*args)
+      add_text(sio.string)
+      result
+    end
+
+    def flush
+      @liner.line(@text) unless @text.empty?
+      @liner.line('') # signals end-of-input to the @liner
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    # Add text to @text.
+    # Move completed lines (at the beginning of @text) to @liner.
+    def add_text(text, flush: false)
+      # ASSERTION: @text contains no newlines, due to class invariant
+      @text += text
+
+      # At this point, @text _may_ contain newlines, thus violating the class
+      # invariant.  Move any full lines _out_ of @text and into @liner.
+      pos = 0
+      while (m = @text.match(/\G.*?\r?\n/, pos)) do
+        @liner.line m[0]
+        pos += m[0].size
+      end
+      @text = @text[pos..-1]
+
+      # ASSERTION: @text contains no newlines; invariant has been restored
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/elastic_tabstops/version.rb

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+module ElasticTabstops
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: elastic_tabstops
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.0
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Thomas A. Boyer
+autorequire: 
+bindir: exe
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2019-08-28 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: bundler
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '2.0'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '2.0'
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: rake
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '10.0'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '10.0'
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: minitest
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '5.0'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '5.0'
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: minitest-rg
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '5.0'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '5.0'
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: pry
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 0.12.2
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 0.12.2
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: pry-byebug
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '3.7'
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 3.7.0
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '3.7'
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 3.7.0
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: ffaker
+  requirement: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '2.11'
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 2.11.0
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    requirements:
+    - - "~>"
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '2.11'
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: 2.11.0
+description: |
+  This is an implementation of [elastic tabstops](http://nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/) in an output-stream filter.
+
+  Data written to an elastic tabstop output stream is reformatted to align
+  columns. Columns are made up of tab-terminated cells in adjacent lines of output.
+email:
+- thom at boyers.org
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- ".gitignore"
+- ".travis.yml"
+- Gemfile
+- Gemfile.lock
+- INSPIRATION/Elastic tabstops - a better way to indent and align code.pdf
+- INSPIRATION/Elastic tabstops - a better way to indent and align code.webloc
+- 'INSPIRATION/src:text:tabwriter: - The Go Programming Language.webloc'
+- INSPIRATION/tabwriter - The Go Programming Language.webloc
+- LICENSE.txt
+- README.md
+- Rakefile
+- bin/console
+- bin/demo.rb
+- bin/setup
+- elastic_tabstops.gemspec
+- lib/elastic_tabstops.rb
+- lib/elastic_tabstops/formatter.rb
+- lib/elastic_tabstops/outstream_to_lines.rb
+- lib/elastic_tabstops/version.rb
+homepage: https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops
+licenses:
+- MIT
+metadata:
+  allowed_push_host: https://rubygems.org
+  homepage_uri: https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops
+  source_code_uri: https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops
+  changelog_uri: https://github.com/perlmonger42/elastic_tabstops/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirements:
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 2.7.6
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 4
+summary: An output stream that makes columnar output easy.
+test_files: []