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diff --git a/docs/source/columns.rst b/docs/source/columns.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41a9bc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/columns.rst @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Columns +======= + +Rich can render text or other Rich renderables in neat columns with the :class:`~rich.columns.Columns` class. To use, construct a Columns instance with an iterable of renderables and print it to the Console. + +The following example is a very basic clone of the ``ls`` command in OSX / Linux to list directory contents:: + + import os + import sys + + from rich import print + from rich.columns import Columns + + if len(sys.argv) < 2: + print("Usage: python columns.py DIRECTORY") + else: + directory = os.listdir(sys.argv[1]) + columns = Columns(directory, equal=True, expand=True) + print(columns) + + +See `columns.py <https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich/blob/master/examples/columns.py>`_ for an example which outputs columns containing more than just text. + |