Use a fluid layout for TODOs

Stop drawing a table as done previously, and use a fluid layout. This
reduces internal whitespace, which makes the ids for todos easier to
recognise in may scenarios.

Also makes the description and location blocks easier to copy-paste
verbatim without additional indentation.

Due to dropping the table rendering, this should slightly improve
performance, though that's not a main goal here.

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Changelog
 This file contains a brief summary of new features and dependency changes or
 releases, in reverse chronological order.
 
+v4.1.0
+------
+
+* The "table" layout has been dropped in favour of a simpler, fluid layout. As
+  such, ``tabulate`` is not longer a required dependency.
+
 v4.0.1
 ------
 

setup.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         "parsedatetime",
         "python-dateutil",
         "pyxdg",
-        "tabulate",
         "urwid",
     ],
     long_description=open("README.rst").read(),

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -401,12 +401,14 @@ def test_color_due_dates(tmpdir, runner, create, hours):
     assert not result.exception
     due_str = due.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
     if hours == 72:
-        assert result.output == f"1  [ ]    {due_str}  aaa @default\x1b[0m\n"
+        expected = (
+            f"[ ] 1 \x1b[35m\x1b[0m \x1b[37m{due_str}\x1b[0m aaa @default\x1b[0m\n"
+        )
     else:
-        assert (
-            result.output
-            == f"1  [ ]    \x1b[31m{due_str}\x1b[0m  aaa @default\x1b[0m\n"
+        expected = (
+            f"[ ] 1 \x1b[35m\x1b[0m \x1b[31m{due_str}\x1b[0m aaa @default\x1b[0m\n"
         )
+    assert result.output == expected
 
 
 def test_color_flag(runner, todo_factory):
@@ -415,16 +417,16 @@ def test_color_flag(runner, todo_factory):
     result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--color", "always"], color=True)
     assert (
         result.output.strip()
-        == "1  [ ]    \x1b[31m2007-03-22\x1b[0m  YARR! @default\x1b[0m"
+        == "[ ] 1 \x1b[35m\x1b[0m \x1b[31m2007-03-22\x1b[0m YARR! @default\x1b[0m"
     )
     result = runner.invoke(cli, color=True)
     assert (
         result.output.strip()
-        == "1  [ ]    \x1b[31m2007-03-22\x1b[0m  YARR! @default\x1b[0m"
+        == "[ ] 1 \x1b[35m\x1b[0m \x1b[31m2007-03-22\x1b[0m YARR! @default\x1b[0m"
     )
 
     result = runner.invoke(cli, ["--color", "never"], color=True)
-    assert result.output.strip() == "1  [ ]    2007-03-22  YARR! @default"
+    assert result.output.strip() == "[ ] 1  2007-03-22 YARR! @default"
 
 
 def test_flush(tmpdir, runner, create, todo_factory, todos):
@@ -740,7 +742,7 @@ def test_cancel(runner, todo_factory, todos):
 def test_id_printed_for_new(runner):
     result = runner.invoke(cli, ["new", "-l", "default", "show me an id"])
     assert not result.exception
-    assert result.output.strip().startswith("1")
+    assert result.output.strip().startswith("[ ] 1")
 
 
 def test_repl(runner):

tests/test_formatter.py

@@ -91,15 +91,19 @@ def test_detailed_format(runner, todo_factory):
 
     # TODO:use formatter instead of runner?
     result = runner.invoke(cli, ["show", "1"])
-    expected = (
-        "1  [ ]      YARR! @default\n\n"
-        "Description  Test detailed formatting\n"
-        "             This includes multiline descriptions\n"
-        "             Blah!\n"
-        "Location     Over the hills, and far away"
-    )
+    expected = [
+        "[ ] 1  (no due date) YARR! @default",
+        "",
+        "Description:",
+        "Test detailed formatting",
+        "This includes multiline descriptions",
+        "Blah!",
+        "",
+        "Location: Over the hills, and far away",
+    ]
+
     assert not result.exception
-    assert result.output.strip() == expected
+    assert result.output.strip().splitlines() == expected
 
 
 def test_parse_time(default_formatter):
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ def test_format_multiple_with_list(default_formatter, todo_factory):
     assert todo.list
     assert (
         default_formatter.compact_multiple([todo])
-        == "1  [ ]      YARR! @default\x1b[0m"
+        == "[ ] 1 \x1b[35m\x1b[0m \x1b[37m(no due date)\x1b[0m YARR! @default\x1b[0m"
     )
 
 

todoman/formatters.py

@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 import json
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
 from time import mktime
 from typing import Iterable
-from typing import List
 from typing import Optional
-from typing import Tuple
 from typing import Union
 
 import click
 import humanize
 import parsedatetime
 import pytz
 from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
-from tabulate import tabulate
 
 from todoman.model import Todo
 from todoman.model import TodoList
@@ -63,18 +61,36 @@ def compact(self, todo: Todo) -> str:
         return self.compact_multiple([todo])
 
     def compact_multiple(self, todos: Iterable[Todo], hide_list=False) -> str:
+        # TODO: format lines fuidly and drop the table
+        # it can end up being more readable when too many columns are empty.
+        # show dates that are in the future in yellow (in 24hs) or grey (future)
         table = []
         for todo in todos:
             completed = "X" if todo.is_completed else " "
             percent = todo.percent_complete or ""
             if percent:
                 percent = f" ({percent}%)"
-            priority = self.format_priority_compact(todo.priority)
+            priority = click.style(
+                self.format_priority_compact(todo.priority),
+                fg="magenta",
+            )
 
-            due = self.format_datetime(todo.due)
+            due = self.format_datetime(todo.due) or "(no due date)"
             now = self.now if isinstance(todo.due, datetime) else self.now.date()
-            if todo.due and todo.due <= now and not todo.is_completed:
-                due = click.style(str(due), fg="red")
+
+            due_colour = None
+            if todo.due:
+                if todo.due <= now and not todo.is_completed:
+                    due_colour = "red"
+                elif todo.due >= now + timedelta(hours=24):
+                    due_colour = "white"
+                elif todo.due >= now:
+                    due_colour = "yellow"
+            else:
+                due_colour = "white"
+
+            if due_colour:
+                due = click.style(str(due), fg=due_colour)
 
             recurring = "⟳" if todo.is_recurring else ""
 
@@ -93,64 +109,36 @@ def compact_multiple(self, todos: Iterable[Todo], hide_list=False) -> str:
                     percent,
                 )
 
+            # TODO: add spaces on the left based on max todos"
+
+            # FIXME: double space when no priority
             table.append(
-                [
-                    todo.id,
-                    f"[{completed}]",
-                    priority,
-                    f"{due} {recurring}",
-                    summary,
-                ]
+                f"[{completed}] {todo.id} {priority} {due} {recurring}{summary}"
             )
 
-        return tabulate(table, tablefmt="plain")
+        return "\n".join(table)
 
-    def _columnize_text(
-        self,
-        label: str,
-        text: Optional[str],
-    ) -> List[Tuple[Optional[str], str]]:
-        """Display text, split text by line-endings, on multiple colums.
-
-        Do nothing if text is empty or None.
-        """
-        lines = text.splitlines() if text else None
+    def _format_multiline(self, title: str, value: str) -> str:
+        formatted_title = click.style(title, fg="white")
 
-        return self._columnize_list(label, lines)
-
-    def _columnize_list(
-        self,
-        label: str,
-        lst: Optional[List[str]],
-    ) -> List[Tuple[Optional[str], str]]:
-        """Display list on multiple columns.
-
-        Do nothing if list is empty or None.
-        """
-
-        rows: List[Tuple[Optional[str], str]] = []
-
-        if lst:
-            rows.append((label, lst[0]))
-            for line in lst[1:]:
-                rows.append((None, line))
-
-        return rows
+        if value.strip().count("\n") == 0:
+            return f"\n\n{formatted_title}: {value}"
+        else:
+            return f"\n\n{formatted_title}:\n{value}"
 
     def detailed(self, todo: Todo) -> str:
         """Returns a detailed representation of a task.
 
         :param todo: The todo component.
         """
-        extra_rows = []
-        extra_rows += self._columnize_text("Description", todo.description)
-        extra_rows += self._columnize_text("Location", todo.location)
+        extra_lines = []
+        if todo.description:
+            extra_lines.append(self._format_multiline("Description", todo.description))
 
-        if extra_rows:
-            return "{}\n\n{}".format(
-                self.compact(todo), tabulate(extra_rows, tablefmt="plain")
-            )
-        return self.compact(todo)
+        if todo.location:
+            extra_lines.append(self._format_multiline("Location", todo.location))
+
+        return f"{self.compact(todo)}{''.join(extra_lines)}"
 
     def format_datetime(self, dt: Optional[date]) -> Union[str, int, None]:
         if not dt: