tmpvar · July 12, 2011 07:19 · Jul 14, 2011 · Jul 12, 2011 · Jul 12, 2011 · Jul 12, 2011
diff --git a/console.log.js b/console.log.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ console.log = function() {
 
      // magic sauce: keep node alive until stdout has flushed
      process.stdout.once('drain', function () {
-       process.stdout.draining = false;
+       process.stdout.pendingWrite = false;
      });
   }
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Elijah Insua <[email protected]> (http://tmpvar.com)",
   "name": "console.log",
   "description": "A console.log implementation that plays *nice* with large amounts of data. It Keeps node alive until the output has flushed to the screen.",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "homepage": "https://gist.github.com/1077544",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gmon.out
+v8.log
diff --git a/console.log.js b/console.log.js
@@ -1,9 +1,48 @@
 /*
   A console.log that won't leave you hanging when node exits
+  90% of this file was ripped from node.js
+
+  License: see: https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/lib/console.js
  */
+
+ // console object
+var formatRegExp = /%[sdj]/g;
+function format(f) {
+  var util = require('util');
+
+  if (typeof f !== 'string') {
+    var objects = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+      objects.push(util.inspect(arguments[i]));
+    }
+    return objects.join(' ');
+  }
+
+
+  var i = 1;
+  var args = arguments;
+  var str = String(f).replace(formatRegExp, function(x) {
+    switch (x) {
+      case '%s': return String(args[i++]);
+      case '%d': return Number(args[i++]);
+      case '%j': return JSON.stringify(args[i++]);
+      default:
+        return x;
+    }
+  });
+  for (var len = args.length, x = args[i]; i < len; x = args[++i]) {
+    if (x === null || typeof x !== 'object') {
+      str += ' ' + x;
+    } else {
+      str += ' ' + util.inspect(x);
+    }
+  }
+  return str;
+}
+
 console.log = function() {
   var res = process.stdout.write(format.apply(this, arguments) + '\n');
-  
+
   // this is the first time stdout got backed up
   if (!res && !process.stdout.pendingWrite) {
      process.stdout.pendingWrite = true;
@@ -13,4 +52,4 @@ console.log = function() {
        process.stdout.draining = false;
      });
   }
-};
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Elijah Insua <[email protected]> (http://tmpvar.com)",
   "name": "console.log",
   "description": "A console.log implementation that plays *nice* with large amounts of data. It Keeps node alive until the output has flushed to the screen.",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "homepage": "https://gist.github.com/1077544",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

diff --git a/console.log.js b/console.log.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /*
   A console.log that won't leave you hanging when node exits
  */
-console.log = function(d) {
-  var res = process.stdout.write(d + '\n');
+console.log = function() {
+  var res = process.stdout.write(format.apply(this, arguments) + '\n');
 
   // this is the first time stdout got backed up
   if (!res && !process.stdout.pendingWrite) {

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Elijah Insua <[email protected]> (http://tmpvar.com)",
   "name": "console.log",
   "description": "A console.log implementation that plays *nice* with large amounts of data. It Keeps node alive until the output has flushed to the screen.",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
   "homepage": "https://gist.github.com/1077544",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Install
+
+`npm install console.log`
+
+# Usage
+
+`require('console.log')` and go about your day
+
+# How it works
+
+Simple, node will stay alive until there are no callbacks left in the queue.  Assuming the application is not forcibly terminated (i.e. ^C, killall -9 node, etc...) it will run until all of the data passed to `console.log` has been flushed to the terminal
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "author": "Elijah Insua <[email protected]> (http://tmpvar.com)",
+  "name": "console.log",
+  "description": "A console.log implementation that plays *nice* with large amounts of data. It Keeps node alive until the output has flushed to the screen.",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "homepage": "https://gist.github.com/1077544",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://gist.github.com/1077544.git"
+  },
+  "main": "console.log.js",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": "*"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {}
+}
diff --git a/console.log.js b/console.log.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+  A console.log that won't leave you hanging when node exits
+ */
+console.log = function(d) {
+  var res = process.stdout.write(d + '\n');
+
+  // this is the first time stdout got backed up
+  if (!res && !process.stdout.pendingWrite) {
+     process.stdout.pendingWrite = true;
+
+     // magic sauce: keep node alive until stdout has flushed
+     process.stdout.once('drain', function () {
+       process.stdout.draining = false;
+     });
+  }
+};