Formatting table in BTQueue

BTQueue 0.0.18 allows all you to specify your own table layout very easy. Basically, BTQueue has 3 tables for displaying brief information of torrents, connected peers, and all possible peers. The last table of all peers is introduced in version 0.0.18 to help you to verify the tracker action. This post aims to give you an overview to modify these format to meet your need.

First, you have to know the basic. A table consists of a set of columns. What you can do is to rearrange column order, hide some of them, justify alignment, and cut too long text. Technically, a column can be represent by its alignment, optional maximum length, and its column name in form cd,ssss or c,ssss. c represents alignment where l and r stands for left and right, respectively. d is an optional number to limit maximum length of this column. In case of a column is longer than the limit, it will be cut off. The next field, ssss, is the column name.

Torrent Table

Name	Description
id	Identification Number
title	Torrent name. Usually, the first file or directory
progress	Progress in percentile
dlsize	Downloaded size
ulsize	Uploaded size
totalsize	Total size
eta	Estimated remaining time
dlspeed	Download rate
ulspeed	Upload rate
seeds	Number of seeders in bracket and number of connected seeders outside
peers	Number of leechers in bracket and number of connected leechers outside
btstatus	State
ratio	Shared ratio
activity	Current activity

Spew Table

Name	Description
ip	IP address
rport	Remote port
cc	Country code
direction	Connect direction
uprate	Upload rate
downlrate	Download rate
dtotal	Downloaded size
utotal	Uploaded size
completed	Progress
client	Client
netname	Network name

Peer Table

Name	Description
ip	IP address
rport	Remote port
cc	Country code
client	Client
netname	Network name