new -t option to toggle prettyTables (preformatted layout)

better rendering of tables in normal mode
remove borders on prettyTables

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ html2gmi <flags>
   -n, --numberedLinks           Number the links
   -o, --output string           Output path. Otherwise uses stdout
   -e, --emitImagesAsLinks       Emit links to included images
+  -t, --prettyTables            Pretty tables - works with most simple tables
   -v, --version                 Find out what version of html2gmi you're running
 
   
@@ -29,8 +30,7 @@ html2gmi <flags>
 * citationMarkers - use a numbered marker in the text to indicate the location of the citation, [1], [2] etc. 
 * numberedLinks - number the links with a reference number [1], [2] etc. Certain command line Gemini clients may automatically add these, in which case you can omit them.
 * emitImagesAsLinks - add a link for every embedded image in addition to its placemarker
-
+* prettyTables - tables will be displayed as preformatted content. Complex tables may not look perfect. Otherwise each table row is a new line.
-Simple tables will be displayed as preformatted content. Complex tables may not look perfect.
 
 You can pipe content in from other applications, for example utilities that download HTML from the web. 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ go build github.com/LukeEmmet/html2gmi
 
 # History
 
-## 0.2.3
+## 0.2.5
+
+* new -t flag to emit pretty tables (as preformatted content)
+* improve table rendering when prettyTables is off
+* don't use a border marker for preformatted tables
+
+## 0.2.4
 
 * option to toggle emitting links for embedded images
 

html2gmi.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-var version = "0.2.3"
+var version = "0.2.5"
 
 var (
 	output            = flag.StringP("output", "o", "", "Output path. Otherwise uses stdout")
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ var (
 	citationStart     = flag.IntP("citationStart", "c", 1, "Start citations from this index")
 	citationMarkers   = flag.BoolP("citationMarkers", "m", false, "Use footnote style citation markers")
 	numberedLinks     = flag.BoolP("numberedLinks", "n", false, "Number the links")
+	prettyTables      = flag.BoolP("prettyTables", "t", false, "Pretty tables - works with most simple tables")
+	emitImagesAsLinks = flag.BoolP("emitImagesAsLinks", "e", false, "Emit links to included images")
 	linkEmitFrequency = flag.IntP("linkEmitFrequency", "l", 2, "Emit gathered links through the document after this number of paragraphs")
 	verFlag           = flag.BoolP("version", "v", false, "Find out what version of html2gmi you're running")
 )
@@ -90,22 +92,33 @@ func main() {
 
 	//convert html to gmi
 	options := html2gemini.NewOptions()
-	options.PrettyTables = true
+	options.PrettyTables = *prettyTables
 	options.CitationStart = *citationStart
 	options.LinkEmitFrequency = *linkEmitFrequency
 	options.CitationMarkers = *citationMarkers
 	options.NumberedLinks = *numberedLinks
+	options.EmitImagesAsLinks = *emitImagesAsLinks
 
-	//use slightly nicer Unicode borders, otherwise can use +,|,-
-	options.PrettyTablesOptions.CenterSeparator = "┼"
-	options.PrettyTablesOptions.ColumnSeparator = "│"
-	options.PrettyTablesOptions.RowSeparator = "─"
 
 	//dont use an extra line to separate header from body, but
 	//do separate each row visually
 	options.PrettyTablesOptions.HeaderLine = false
 	options.PrettyTablesOptions.RowLine = true
 
+	//use slightly nicer Unicode borders, otherwise can use +,|,-
+	//options.PrettyTablesOptions.CenterSeparator = "┼"
+	//options.PrettyTablesOptions.ColumnSeparator = "│"
+	//options.PrettyTablesOptions.RowSeparator = "─"
+
+    //pretty tables option is somewhat experimental
+    //and the column positions not always correct
+    //so use invisible borders of spaces for now
+    options.PrettyTablesOptions.CenterSeparator = " "
+	options.PrettyTablesOptions.ColumnSeparator = " "
+	options.PrettyTablesOptions.RowSeparator = " "
+    
+
+
 	text, err := html2gemini.FromString(inputHtml, *options)
 
 	check(err)