Prettier list formatting, and allow going to boards by numeric ID.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/telem.lua b/telem.lua
index 3f08735..9c9960a 100755
--- a/telem.lua
+++ b/telem.lua
@@ -161,16 +161,23 @@ function do_board()
 end
 
 function do_go()
-	io.write("Go to which board? ")
+	io.write("Go to which board? (use name or index) ")
 	local board = string.upper(io.read())
 	if board == "" then
 		do_list()
-	elseif board_names[board] == nil then
+	elseif board_names[board] ~= nil then
+		current_board = board
+	elseif tonumber(board) == nil then
 		print("No such board!  Hit `l` to list boards.")
 	else
-		current_board = board
-		current_board_threads = get_threads(current_board)
+		local index = tonumber(board)
+		if index < 0 or index > #boards then
+			print("No such board!  Hit `l` to list boards.")
+		else
+			current_board = boards[index].name
+		end
 	end
+	current_board_threads = get_threads(current_board)
 end
 
 function do_help()
@@ -183,15 +190,22 @@ end
 
 function do_list()
 	update_boards()
-	for _,board in ipairs(boards) do
+	print(string.format("%s %s %s %s", stringx.ljust("ID",3),
+		stringx.ljust("Board name", 20),
+		stringx.ljust("Board topic" ,50), "Thread count")
+	)
+	print(string.rep("-",79))
+	for i,board in ipairs(boards) do
 		local threads = -3 -- Don't want to count "topic" file or "." or ".."
 		for thread in lfs.dir(board.directory) do
 			threads = threads +1
 		end
-		print(string.format("%s %s [%3d threads]",
+		print(string.format("%3d %s %s [%3d threads]", i,
 			stringx.ljust(board.name,20),
-			stringx.ljust(board.topic,50), threads))
+			stringx.ljust(board.topic,50), threads)
+		)
 	end
+	print(string.rep("-",79))
 end
 
 function do_messages()
@@ -201,14 +215,20 @@ function do_messages()
 		print("Empty board!")
 		return
 	end
-	print("ID", "Created", stringx.ljust("author",16), stringx.ljust("Subject", 50))
-	print(string.rep("-",70))
+	-- Headers
+	print(string.format("%s %s %s %s", stringx.ljust("ID",3), stringx.ljust("Created", 14),
+		stringx.ljust("Author",16), stringx.ljust("Subject",50)))
+	-- Separator
+	print(string.rep("-",79))
+	-- Messages
 	for i, thread in ipairs(current_board_threads) do
-		print(tostring(i), os.date("%x %H:%M", thread.timestamp),
+		print(string.format("%3d %s %s %s [%3d posts]", i, os.date("%x", thread.timestamp),
 			stringx.ljust(thread.author,16),
 			stringx.ljust(thread.subject,50),
-			"["..tostring(thread.post_count).." posts]")
+			thread.post_count))
 	end
+	-- Separator
+	print(string.rep("-",79))
 end
 
 function do_new()