almost ok, payload with blank message not yet pixel perfect

app/controllers/scores_controller.rb

@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ class ScoresController < ApplicationController
   # GET /scores
   def index
     @scores = Score.all
-    logger.info 'this is an information', { 'one': 1, 'two': 2 }
-    logger.info 'this is an object', BigDecimal('0.0001')
     # logger.debug 'this is a debug message'
-    logger.warn 'this is a warning'
-    logger.error 'this is an error', BigDecimal('0.0002')
-    logger.fatal 'FATAL'
-    logger.debug 'score are', @scores
+    logger.info('  ' + '*' * 200)
+    logger.debug({ 'one': 1, 'two': 2 })
+    logger.info 'this is an information', { 'four': 4, 'five': 5 }
+    # logger.info 'this is an object', BigDecimal('0.0001')
+    # logger.warn 'this is a warning'
+    # logger.error 'this is an error', BigDecimal('0.0002')
+    # logger.fatal 'FATAL'
+    # logger.debug 'score are', @scores
   end
 
   # GET /scores/1

lib/formatters/base.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ module SemanticLogger
       elsif exception.nil? && payload && payload.respond_to?(:backtrace) && payload.respond_to?(:message)
         exception = payload
         payload   = nil
+      elsif message && !message.is_a?(String)
+        payload = message
+        message = "\e[0m"
+        # message = ' '
+        # message = nil
         # elsif payload && !payload.is_a?(Hash)
         #   message = message.nil? ? payload : "#{message} -- #{payload}"
         #   payload = nil

lib/formatters/basic_formatter.rb

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ require 'amazing_print'
 class BasicFormatter < SemanticLogger::Formatters::Color
   NAME_MAX_SIZE = 25
   TERMINAL_PREFIX = ENV['TERMINAL_PREFIX'].to_i || 0
-  CONTENT_PREFIX = '  '.freeze
-  WRAP_PREFIX = ' … '.freeze
+  CONTENT_PREFIX = '---'.freeze
 
   ANSI_DEBUG = "\e[90m".freeze
   ANSI_INFO = SemanticLogger::AnsiColors::GREEN
@@ -57,11 +56,13 @@ class BasicFormatter < SemanticLogger::Formatters::Color
     end
 
     wrap_length = compute_useful_length
-    space_prefix = message.match(/^\s*/)
-    message = Wrapper.wrap("#{CONTENT_COLOR_MAP[log.level]}#{message}", before_message(true, space_prefix),
-                           wrap_length - space_prefix.length)
+    md = message.match(/^\s*/)
+    space_prefix = md.match(0)
+    message = md.post_match
+    message = Wrapper.wrap("#{CONTENT_COLOR_MAP[log.level]}#{message}", before_message(true) + space_prefix.to_s,
+                           wrap_length - md.end(0))
 
-    "#{CONTENT_COLOR_MAP[log.level]}#{message}#{color_map.clear}"
+    "#{CONTENT_COLOR_MAP[log.level]}#{space_prefix}#{message}#{color_map.clear}"
   end
 
   def payload
@@ -69,20 +70,28 @@ class BasicFormatter < SemanticLogger::Formatters::Color
 
     lines = log.payload.ai(ruby19_syntax: true, indent: 2).split("\n")
     first_line = lines.shift
+    space_prefix = first_line.match(/^\s*/)
     lines = lines.map do |l|
-      space_prefix = l.match(/^\s*/)
-      "#{before_message(true, space_prefix)}#{l}"
+      "#{before_message(true)}#{space_prefix}#{l}"
     end
-    lines.unshift(first_line).join("\n")
+    result = lines.unshift(first_line).join("\n")
+    result.sub!(/\s*/) { |m| '-' * m.length }
+    result
   end
 
   def level
-    level = case log.level
-            when :info then ' '
-            when :debug then 'd'
-            else log.level.to_s.chr.upcase
-            end
-    "#{color}╣#{level}╠#{color_map.clear}"
+    case log.level
+    when :info, :debug then draw_rails ' '
+    else draw_rails(log.level.to_s.chr.upcase)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def draw_rails(char)
+    "#{color}╣#{char}╠#{color_map.clear}"
+  end
+
+  def continuation
+    draw_rails('┆')
   end
 
   def name
@@ -109,8 +118,7 @@ class BasicFormatter < SemanticLogger::Formatters::Color
     self.log = log
     self.logger = logger
 
-    self.log.payload =
-      [before_message, message, payload, exception].compact.join(' ')
+    before_message + [message, payload, exception].compact.join(' ')
   end
 
   private
@@ -118,18 +126,11 @@ class BasicFormatter < SemanticLogger::Formatters::Color
   def compute_useful_length
     wrap_length = IO.console.winsize[1] - TERMINAL_PREFIX - before_message.length + CONTENT_PREFIX.length + 12
   rescue StandardError
-    wrap_length = 100
+    wrap_length = 100 # FIXME: CONSTANTIZE, only useful in DEBUGGER, no IO.console detected!
   end
 
-  def before_message(wrapped = false, prefix = '')
-    result = [name, level, tags, named_tags, duration, CONTENT_PREFIX].compact.join(' ')
-    if wrapped
-      [name, level, tags, named_tags, duration,
-       "#{color}#{WRAP_PREFIX}#{color_map.clear}#{prefix}"].compact.join(' ')
-    else
-      [name, level, tags, named_tags, duration,
-       CONTENT_PREFIX].compact.join(' ')
-    end
+  def before_message(wrapped = false)
+    [name, wrapped ? continuation : level, tags, named_tags, duration].compact.join(' ') + CONTENT_PREFIX
   end
 
   def backtrace(stack)