Make board/message listing formatting a bit prettier.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/telem.lua b/telem.lua
index bef5569..10dd4e6 100755
--- a/telem.lua
+++ b/telem.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ lfs = require("lfs")
 os = require("os")
 path = require("pl.path")
 string = require("string")
+stringx = require("pl.stringx")
 table = require("table")
 
 _BBS_ROOT = "/var/bbs/"
@@ -179,20 +180,31 @@ end
 
 function do_list()
 	update_boards()
-	for _,b in ipairs(boards) do
+	for _,board in ipairs(boards) do
 		local threads = -3 -- Don't want to count "topic" file or "." or ".."
-		for topic in lfs.dir(path.join(_BBS_ROOT, "boards", b)) do
+		for thread in lfs.dir(board.directory) do
 			threads = threads +1
 		end
-		print(string.format("%s    [%d threads]", b, threads))
+		print(string.format("%s %s [%3d threads]",
+			stringx.ljust(board.name,20),
+			stringx.ljust(board.topic,50), threads))
 	end
 end
 
 function do_messages()
 	if not check_at_board() then return end
 	current_board_threads = get_threads(current_board)
+	if #current_board_threads == 0 then
+		print("Empty board!")
+		return
+	end
+	print("ID", "Created", stringx.ljust("author",16), stringx.ljust("Subject", 50))
+	print(string.rep("-",70))
 	for i, thread in ipairs(current_board_threads) do
-		print(tostring(i), os.date("%x %H:%M", thread.timestamp), thread.author, thread.subject, "("..tostring(thread.post_count).." posts)")
+		print(tostring(i), os.date("%x %H:%M", thread.timestamp),
+			stringx.ljust(thread.author,16),
+			stringx.ljust(thread.subject,50),
+			"["..tostring(thread.post_count).." posts]")
 	end
 end