flusteredBias

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1. 31.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   sounds like you are looking for xsv. I like that tool a lot for selecting specific columns.
2. 32.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   Can you give an example of what you mean? If it breaks tv then I would like to add it to the automated tests and see if we can work on it.
3. 33.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   The correct column width is calculated from the first n rows not the full file. A stream does not work for tv because a stream does not know how many rows are in the file a priori. Displaying the dimensions of the file is a priority for `tv
4. 34.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   I will add some Homebrew installation instructions. That is now an open issue. I want this tool to be highly accessible. Again, xsv is the best. I like the idea of small utilities that specialize in a specific task. From the Unix philosophy
5. 35.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   Open an issue. I would have to look into that.
6. 36.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   > these design choices seem to limit its use to relatively small files 1. As a rule-of-thumb, I have been working on functionality before optimization. That said, `tv` is really fast. It is completely false that `tv` only works for relat
7. 37.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   If you come across an edge case that tv does not handle then let me know. I will add a tests csv file as part of the current portfolio of test csvs. https://github.com/alexhallam/tv/tree/main/data
8. 38.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   xsv is one of my favorite data manipulation tools. Also, the author of that package is one of the best developers I know. I use xsv with tv. I normally pipe the output of xsv to tv. 1. As you noted NA comprehension 2. Column overflow logi
9. 39.▲
   by flusteredBias 5y ago

   Sounds like a good "awesome" page on github.
10. 40.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    I have some work to do on the README. I will show the output better. The difficulty with showing the output only is that it does not capture the coloring. Maybe I will show the output, or add a picture, or have an animated gif. Maybe all t
11. 41.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    Keep at it. I think it looks great!
12. 42.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    LMAO. I wish.
13. 43.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    haha. You are right "NA" stands for "Not Applicable". That is not always how people/programs using it though. What are some alternatives that you would suggest? I am happy to learn.
14. 44.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    First of all - kudos on tackling this task - it is indeed very annoying to get CSVs to render nicely on a terminal. > How does tidy-viewer compare with csvlook? The most important issue to me is that csvlook is a much less pleasant viewi
15. 45.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    > How does it handle CSVs that are wider or longer than the terminal? Columns that are exceptionally long but cutting and appending an ellipsis if the line is over 20 characters. > a built-in grepping feature would make this very usef
16. 46.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    Blast, I am sorry. It looks like I can't edit the title anymore. Otherwise I would make the change.
17. 47.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    Well, I think being promiscuous with "NA", "N/A", nan, etc. is a separate issue from a blank cell. A blank cell is literally missing. That should be filled with NA.
18. 48.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    1. Looks like you are using 0.0.10 the current version is 0.0.13 2. I need to update the README the binaries are here https://github.com/alexhallam/tv/releases/tag/0.0.13 I recently moved away from manua
19. 49.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    I actually read that article when I started making the package. You can see some of the input data here https://github.com/alexhallam/tv/blob/main/data/a.csv . I let the user chose how long the max c
20. 50.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    I would need more details on what you mean by "pre-parsing". It works with any deliminator, it could be comma-separated, pipe-separated, etc.
21. 51.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    It is rough. There are many ways that different tools put NAs, na, N/A, "", etc. in a file. To chose only "NA" would mean I would be excluding the output of other tools. I chose accessibility over specificity. #trad
22. 52.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    I love xsv! I mention in the readme that command line data manipulation tools are great compliments to tv. https://github.com/alexhallam/tv#tools-to-pair-with-tv
23. 53.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    I love visidata! But when I want to just glance at a csv file I reach for tv (I used to use `column` which is more of a tv competitor than visidata). This is for a couple reasons. 1. tv gives a quick summary of the count of rows and columns
24. 54.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    Thanks! I appreciate the compliment!
25. 55.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    lol. Got it.
26. 56.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    Love the idea! Already opened the issue and will merge a PR before the next release.
27. 57.▲
    by flusteredBias 5y ago

    I spend a lot of time in the terminal and want to quickly glance at a csv files without making a new script, opening excel, or using a tui. I made tidy-viewer (tv) because current tools like cat and column were not pretty enough. tv modifie
28. 58.▲
    Show HN: Tidy Viewer – a cross-platform CSV pretty printer for viewer enjoyment(github.com)

    391 points by flusteredBias 5y ago|136 comments