ocaml-containers/misc/printBox.mli

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(** {1 Pretty-Printing of nested Boxes}

Allows to print nested boxes, lists, arrays, tables in a nice way
on any monospaced support.

{[
  # let b = PrintBox.(
  frame
    (vlist [ line "hello";
             hlist [line "world"; line "yolo"]])
  );;
val b : Box.t = <abstr>
# PrintBox.output ~indent:2 stdout b;;
  +----------+
  |hello     |
  |----------|
  |world|yolo|
  +----------+
- : unit = ()
# let b2 = PrintBox.(
  frame
    (hlist [ text "I love\nto\npress\nenter";
             grid_text [| [|"a"; "bbb"|];
                          [|"c"; "hello world"|] |]])
  );;
val b2 : PrintBox.Box.t = <abstr>
# PrintBox.output stdout b2;; 
+--------------------+
|I love|a|bbb        |
|to    |-+-----------|
|press |c|hello world|
|enter | |           |
+--------------------+

- : unit = ()

]}

*)

type position = { x:int ; y: int }
(** Positions are relative to the upper-left corner, that is,
when [x] increases we go toward the right, and when [y] increases
we go toward the bottom (same order as a printer) *)

val origin : position
(** Initial position *)

module Output : sig
  type t = {
    put_char : position -> char -> unit;
    put_string : position -> string -> unit;
    put_sub_string : position -> string -> int -> int -> unit;
    flush : unit -> unit;
  }

  (** {6 Default Instance: a buffer} *)

  type buffer

  val make_buffer : unit -> buffer * t
  (** New buffer, and the corresponding output (buffers are mutable) *)

  val buf_to_lines : ?indent:int -> buffer -> string
  (** Print the content of the buffer into a string.
      @param indent number of spaces to insert in front of the lines *)

  val buf_output : ?indent:int -> out_channel -> buffer -> unit
  (** Print the buffer on the given channel *)
end

module Box : sig
  type t

  val size : t -> position
  (** Size needed to print the box *)
end

val line : string -> Box.t
(** Make a single-line box.
    @raise Invalid_argument if the string contains ['\n'] *)

val text : string -> Box.t
(** Any text, possibly with several lines *)

val lines : string list -> Box.t
(** Shortcut for {!text}, with a list of lines *)

val int_ : int -> Box.t

val bool_ : bool -> Box.t

val float_ : float -> Box.t

val frame : Box.t -> Box.t
(** Put a single frame around the box *)

val pad : Box.t -> Box.t
(** Pad the given box with some free space *)

val pad' : col:int -> lines:int -> Box.t -> Box.t
(** Pad with the given number of free cells for lines and columns *)

val vpad : int -> Box.t -> Box.t
(** Pad vertically *)

val hpad : int -> Box.t -> Box.t
(** Pad horizontally *)

val grid : ?pad:(Box.t -> Box.t) -> ?bars:bool ->
           Box.t array array -> Box.t
(** Grid of boxes (no frame between boxes). The matrix is indexed
    with lines first, then columns. The array must be a proper matrix,
    that is, all lines must have the same number of columns!
    @param framed if [true], each item of the grid will be framed.
      default value is [true] *)

val grid_text : ?pad:(Box.t -> Box.t) -> ?bars:bool ->
                string array array -> Box.t
(** Same as {!grid}, but wraps every cell into a {!text} box *)

val transpose : 'a array array -> 'a array array
(** Transpose a matrix *)

val init_grid : ?bars:bool ->
                line:int -> col:int -> (line:int -> col:int -> Box.t) -> Box.t
(** Same as {!grid} but takes the matrix as a function *)

val vlist : ?pad:(Box.t -> Box.t) -> ?bars:bool -> Box.t list -> Box.t
(** Vertical list of boxes *)

val hlist : ?pad:(Box.t -> Box.t) -> ?bars:bool -> Box.t list -> Box.t
(** Horizontal list of boxes *)

val grid_map : ?bars:bool -> ('a -> Box.t) -> 'a array array -> Box.t

val vlist_map : ?bars:bool -> ('a -> Box.t) -> 'a list -> Box.t

val hlist_map : ?bars:bool -> ('a -> Box.t) -> 'a list -> Box.t

val render : Output.t -> Box.t -> unit

val to_string : Box.t -> string

val output : ?indent:int -> out_channel -> Box.t -> unit