tablewrap

#!/bin/bash
source /home/fabian/d/programs/bash_scripts/sane
# Mix of "column" and "fold": two-column table whose right side is properly aligned and also line wraps on spaces instead of in the middle of a word. Also works around escape character issues of coreutils ("fold", "wc" etc.).
# Prints further lines with indent 2 if the text can't fit in proper tabulated form.

# find longest left side
for((i=1; i<$#; i+=2)); do
 curr=$(len "${!i}")
 ((l_len=curr>l_len?curr:l_len))
done
((l_len+=2))
r_len=$(($(tput cols)-l_len))
# set alignment width
tabs $l_len
# enough space in terminal for right side?
if ((l_len<$(tput cols))); then
 while(($#>0)); do
  # print left side
  echo -n "$1"
  shift
  # print right side, folded and aligned
  wrap $r_len "$1" | sed "s/^/\\t/g"
  shift
 done
else
 # fallback to indentation 2
 while(($#>0)); do
  wrap $(($(tput cols)-2)) "$1  $2" | sed "1 ! s/^/  /g"
  shift 2
 done
fi
# reset tabs
tabs -8