feat: rich CLI output with tables and Description dedent - #38
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Use ">" (1 byte) instead of "…" (3 bytes) when the column width is <4, so the rendered byte count always matches the column slot and table alignment is preserved. Also fix the file-level doc comment: the shrink loop rounds down, so the table is slightly narrower than terminal_width, not wider.
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Summary
relations,search, and thecategory NAMEItems list as Unicode-boxed tables when stdout is a tty; tab-separated when piped--no-tableflag forces plain TSV output regardless of ttyDescriptiontext strips the common leading whitespace mmCIF.dicfiles carry into multi-line strings; paragraphs now read as intendedrelationsandsearchis now tab-separated columns instead of prose. Machine consumers should use--json.Approach
src/term.zig:isTtywrappingstd.posix.isatty,widthvia$COLUMNS(default 80). No libc, no ioctl.src/table.zig: self-hostedrender(tsv/boxed) +renderGrid(single-column multi-line grid). 52 inline tests.src/output.zigfromformat: Formattoopts: Optionscarrying{ format, text_style, terminal_width }. All print functions updated;main.zigcall sites follow.printRelationsandprintSearchResultstake the caller'sgpaand use short-lived arenas for row storage.Test plan
zig build test) — 52 pass (term + table primitives + description dedent + existing)uv run --script tests/test_smoke.py) — 25 pass (7 new: pipe-TSV shape,--no-tableidempotence,--jsonignores--no-table, items preserve 2-space legacy indent,--helpmentions flag, pty-based boxed verification with POSIX skipif)relations atom_sitepiped → TSV; on a real tty → Unicode boxtest_json_output_unchanged_by_table_flag)Out of scope (follow-ups)
NO_COLORhandlingitemcommand'sAllowed values:section (not converted to grid)