From cc0bca634fb10a275e8476ec1e316c14b4d4f67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NaifBanana <30419422+NaifBanana@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:05:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Working on printing tables. Not done but have a framework
 going.

---
 engine/NBCore/ANSITerm.hpp         | 194 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 engine/NBCore/Logger.hpp           |  23 +++-
 engine/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp       |  33 +++++
 engine/NBCore/tests/testErrors.cpp |   6 +-
 4 files changed, 252 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 engine/NBCore/ANSITerm.hpp
 create mode 100644 engine/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp

diff --git a/engine/NBCore/ANSITerm.hpp b/engine/NBCore/ANSITerm.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..448a5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/NBCore/ANSITerm.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef _NB_ANSI_TERM
+#define _NB_ANSI_TERM
+
+#include <array>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#include "TypeTraits.hpp"
+
+namespace nb {
+
+template <typename ST, typename U>
+struct SmartText {
+    using Type = ST;
+    using ValType = U;
+    static constexpr bool HasChild = Type::HasChild;
+};
+
+template <typename Type, typename U>
+struct StyleFormatter : SmartText<StyleFormatter<Type, U>, U> {
+    using Base = SmartText<StyleFormatter<Type, U>>;
+    using Base::Type;
+    using Base::ValType;
+    static constexpr bool HasChild  = true;
+
+    std::string fmt;
+    ValType val;
+    std::string closing;
+};
+
+template <typename Child>
+struct StyleFormatter<Child, void> : SmartText<StyleFormatter<Child, void>, void>{
+    using Base = SmartText<StyleFormatter>;
+    using Base::Type;
+    using Base::ValType;
+    static constexpr bool HasChild  = false;
+
+    std::string fmt;
+};
+
+template <typename U=void>
+struct ANSITextColor;
+
+template <typename U>
+struct ANSITextColor : StyleFormatter<ANSITextColor<U>, U> {
+    using Base = StyleFormatter<ANSITextColor, U>;
+    using Base::ValType
+    using Base::HasChild;
+
+    template <typename = typename std::enable_if<HasChild, U>::type>
+    ANSITextColor(const U& _val) : Base{"\x1b[39m", _val, "\x1b[39m"} {}
+    template <typename = typename std::enable_if<!HasChild, U>>
+    ANSITextColor() : Base{"\x1b[92m"} {}
+};
+
+template <>
+struct ANSITextColor<std::string> : StyleFormatter<ANSITextColor<std::string>, std::string> {
+    using Base = StyleFormatter<ANSITextColor<std::string>, std::string>;
+    static constexpr bool HasChild = Base::HasChild;
+
+    template <std::size_t N>
+    ANSITextColor(char const(&_val) [N]) : Base{"\x1b[92m", _val, "\x1b[39m"} {}
+    ANSITextColor(const char* _val) : Base{"\x1b[92m", _val, "\x1b[39m"} {}
+    ANSITextColor(const std::string& _val) : Base{"\x1b[92m", _val, "\x1b[39m"} {}
+};
+
+struct CellBase {
+    uint8_t width;
+    uint8_t height;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Cell : SmartText<Cell<T>, T> {
+    using Base = SmartText<Cell<T>, T>;
+    using Base::ValType
+    using Base::HasChild;
+
+    Cell(const Type& _val, const uint8_t& w, const uint8_t& h=1)
+        : val(_val), width(w), height(h) {}
+
+    Type val;
+    uint8_t width;
+
+    uint8_t height;
+};
+
+template <>
+struct Cell<std::string> : SmartText<Cell<std::string>, std::string> {
+    using Base = SmartText<Cell<std::string>, std::string>;
+    using Base::ValType
+    using Base::HasChild;
+
+    template <std::size_t N>
+    Cell( const(&_val) [N], const uint8_t& w, const uint8_t& h=0) : Cell(std::string(_val), w, h) {}
+    Cell(char* _val, const uint8_t& w, const uint8_t& h=0) : Cell(std::string(_val), w, h) {}
+    Cell(const ValType& _val, const uint8_t& w, const uint8_t& h=0)
+    : val(_val), width(w) {
+        unsigned int strsize = _val.size();
+        height = strsize / width;
+        height += (strsize % width) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    ValType val;
+    uint8_t width;
+
+    uint8_t height;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const Cell<T>& cll) {
+    
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+void ChangeCellHeight(int i, Cell<T>& cll, const unsigned int& h) {
+    if (h < cll.height) { cll.height=h; }
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+void GetTallestCell(int i, Cell<T>& cll, unsigned int& h) {
+    if (cll.height > h) { h = cll.height; }
+}
+
+template <typename... Pack>
+struct TableRow {
+    using RowCells = std::tuple<Cell<Pack>...>;
+    using CellWidths = std::array<int, sizeof...(Pack)>;
+    using DelimiterArray = std::array<std::string, sizeof...(Pack)+1>;
+
+    TableRow(CellWidths&& widths_, DelimiterArray&& delims_, const Pack&... vals_) 
+    : _widths(widths_), _delimiters(delims_) {
+        nb::ForEach(_cells, GetTallestCell, _height);
+    }
+
+    static constexpr int num_columns = sizeof...(Pack);
+    
+    int height() const { return height; }
+    inline int height(const unsigned int newh) {
+        nb::ForEach(_cells, ChangeCellHeight, newh);
+        return (_height=newh);
+    }
+
+protected:
+    const CellWidths _widths;
+    const DelimiterArray _delimiters;
+    RowCells _cells;
+    int _height;
+
+};
+
+template<typename... Pack>
+class Table {
+public:
+    Table(const Pack&... _vals) :  row(std::array<int, sizeof...(Pack)>(10), 
+                std::array<std::string, sizeof...(Pack)>(""), _vals...) {}
+private:
+    TableRow<Pack...> row;
+};
+
+} // namespace nb
+
+template<typename Type, typename U>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const nb::StyleFormatter<Type, U>& msg) {
+    if (&stream == &std::cout) {
+        stream << msg.fmt;
+        if (msg.HasChild) {
+            stream << msg.val << msg.closing;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (msg.HasChild) { stream << msg.val; }
+    }
+    stream << std::flush;
+    return stream;
+}
+
+#ifdef _NB_TARGET_WINDOWS
+template<typename... Types>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const nb::TableRow<Types...>& row) {
+    using PosType = decltype(stream.tellp());
+    constexpr int num_cells = sizeof...(Types);
+
+    int col_num = 0;
+    int col_start = 0;
+
+    return stream;
+}
+#endif // _NB_TARGET_WINDOWS
+
+#endif // _NB_ANSI_TERM
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diff --git a/engine/NBCore/Logger.hpp b/engine/NBCore/Logger.hpp
index 30d676c..8edef28 100644
--- a/engine/NBCore/Logger.hpp
+++ b/engine/NBCore/Logger.hpp
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <chrono>
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <thread>
 #include <type_traits>
-#include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "ANSITerm.hpp"
 #include "DataSink.hpp"
 #include "Processes.hpp"
 #include "ThreadSafeQueue.hpp"
@@ -151,6 +152,13 @@ private:
 class DefaultDebugLogger : public DebugLogger<DefaultDebugLogger> {
     using LoggerType = DefaultDebugLogger;
     using Base = DebugLogger<DefaultDebugLogger>;
+    template <typename U>
+    struct Field {
+        Field(int w, U v) : width{w}, val(v) {}
+        int width;
+        U val;
+    };
+
 public:
     using Base::Base;
 
@@ -158,18 +166,27 @@ public:
 
     friend class BufferedDataProcessor<LogEvent, ThreadsafeQueue<LogEvent>, DefaultDebugLogger>;
 
+    template <typename STR, typename U>
+    friend STR& operator<<(STR&, const DefaultDebugLogger::Field<U>&);
+
 protected:
     using Base::_ostream;
 
     bool process(const LogEvent& msg) {
         for (const auto os : this->_ostream) {
-            (*os) << msg.pid << " - " << msg.tid << " : " << msg.msg << "\n";
+            (*os) << "[ " << ANSITextColor<std::string>("hey") << " | "
+            << Field(2, msg.tid) << " | " << Field(10, msg.msg) << " ]\n";
         }
         return true;
     }
-
 };
 
+template <typename STR, typename U>
+STR& operator<<(STR& stream, const DefaultDebugLogger::Field<U>& field) {
+    stream << std::setw(field.width) << field.val;
+    return stream;
+}
+
 /* class BasicLogger : public LoggerBase<BasicLogger> {
 public:
     using Base = LoggerBase<BasicLogger>;
diff --git a/engine/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp b/engine/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a049183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef _NB_TYPE_TRAITS
+#define _NB_TYPE_TRAITS
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace nb {
+
+template<std::size_t N=0, typename Func, typename... Pack>
+inline typename std::enable_if<N==sizeof...(Pack), void>::type
+ForEach(std::tuple<Pack...>&, Func) {}
+
+template<std::size_t N=0, typename Func, typename... Pack>
+inline typename std::enable_if<N < sizeof...(Pack), void>::type
+ForEach(std::tuple<Pack...>& tup, Func f) {
+    f(N, std::get<N>(tup));
+    ForEach<N+1, Func, Pack...>(tup, f);
+}
+
+template<std::size_t N=0, typename Func, typename Args, typename... Pack>
+inline typename std::enable_if<N==sizeof...(Pack), void>::type
+ForEach(std::tuple<Pack...>&, Func, const Args&) {}
+
+template<std::size_t N=0, typename Func, typename Args, typename... Pack>
+inline typename std::enable_if<N < sizeof...(Pack), void>::type
+ForEach(std::tuple<Pack...>& tup, Func f, const Args& arg) {
+    f(N, std::get<N>(tup), arg);
+    ForEach<N+1, Func, Args, Pack...>(tup, f, arg);
+}
+
+} // namespace nb
+
+#endif // _NB_TYPE_TRAITS
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diff --git a/engine/NBCore/tests/testErrors.cpp b/engine/NBCore/tests/testErrors.cpp
index 196ab32..73a4987 100644
--- a/engine/NBCore/tests/testErrors.cpp
+++ b/engine/NBCore/tests/testErrors.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "Errors.hpp"
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
 #include "Logger.hpp"
 
 using namespace nb;
@@ -30,11 +31,14 @@ const ErrorCodeMap TestError::ErrorMessages{
 TEST(ErrorTest, Test) {
     EXPECT_EQ(1, 1);
 
-    nb::DefaultDebugLogger logr(std::cout, std::cout, std::cout);
+    std::stringstream sstream;
+    nb::DefaultDebugLogger logr(std::cout, sstream);
     ASSERT_TRUE(logr.run());
     ASSERT_TRUE(logr.isRunning());
     while (!logr.isRunning()){
         1+1;
     }
     logr.log("Hey!");
+    logr.stop();
+    std::cout << "STRINGSTREAM:\n" << sstream.str();
 }
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