On Monday, 19 March 2012 02:45:45 UTC-7, JohnW wrote:
>
> For all you format string writers out there: oh, I mean, yeah -- you.
>
> A value expression within a format string now has access to a new function,
> curr_offset. The value is always an integer giving the column where the
> string will be interpolated. Example:
>
> "12345%(curr_offset)" => "123456"
>
> This makes writing complex reports which use the justify() function much
> simpler. Here is what the built-in --register-format looks like now:
>
> %(ansify_if(
> ansify_if(justify(format_date(date), int(date_width)),
> green if color and date > today),
> bold if should_bold))
> %(ansify_if(
> ansify_if(justify(truncated(payee, int(payee_width)),
> int(payee_width)),
> bold if color and !cleared and actual),
> bold if should_bold))
> %(ansify_if(
> ansify_if(justify(truncated(display_account, int(account_width),
> int(abbrev_len)), int(account_width)),
> blue if color),
> bold if should_bold))
> %(ansify_if(justify(scrub(display_amount), int(amount_width),
> curr_offset + int(meta_width) +
> int(prepend_width),
> true, color),
> bold if should_bold))
> %(ansify_if(justify(scrub(display_total), int(total_width),
> curr_offset + int(meta_width) +
> int(prepend_width),
> true, color),
> bold if should_bold))\n%/
> %(justify(" ", int(date_width)))
> %(ansify_if(justify(truncated(has_tag("Payee") ? payee : " ",
> int(payee_width)), int(payee_width)),
> bold if should_bold))
> %$3 %$4 %$5\n
>
> Um, yeah. It doth scintillate with clarity, don't it? So, back to what
> you
> were doing. :)
>
> John
>
>
