Is there a way to make “rake routes” look better?

Question

I am always forced to make my terminal window two dual monitors wide just to see read them right. I\'m not a stickler for buttery GUI\'s, but this is ridiculous.

Is ther

Answer 1

Great tip. Thanks.

I prepared working version for Rails 3.0. Enjoy.

desc 'Pretty print out all defined routes in match order, with names. Target specific controller with CONTROLLER=x.'

task :pretty_routes => :environment do
  all_routes = ENV['CONTROLLER'] ? ActionController::Routing::Routes.routes.select { |route| route.defaults[:controller] == ENV['CONTROLLER'] } : ActionController::Routing::Routes.routes
  routes = all_routes.collect do |route|
    reqs = route.requirements.empty? ? "" : route.requirements.inspect
    {:name => route.name, :verb => route.verb, :path => route.path, :reqs => reqs}
  end
  File.open(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "routes.html"), "w") do |f|
    f.puts ""
    f.puts ""
    routes.each do |r|
      f.puts ""
    end
    f.puts "
Name
Verb
Path
Requirements
#{r[:name]}
#{r[:verb]}
#{r[:path]}
#{r[:reqs]}
"
  end
end