Remove support for custom delimiters

index.js

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ var minCellSize = 3
 // Create a table from a matrix of strings.
 function markdownTable(table, options) {
   var settings = options || {}
-  var delimiter = settings.delimiter
-  var start = settings.start
-  var end = settings.end
+  var padding = settings.padding === false ? '' : space
+  var between = padding + verticalBar + padding
+  var start = settings.delimiterStart === false ? '' : verticalBar + padding
+  var end = settings.delimiterEnd === false ? '' : padding + verticalBar
   var alignment = settings.align
   var calculateStringLength = settings.stringLength || lengthNoop
   var cellCount = 0
@@ -41,18 +42,6 @@ function markdownTable(table, options) {
 
   alignment = alignment ? alignment.concat() : []
 
-  if (delimiter === null || delimiter === undefined) {
-    delimiter = space + verticalBar + space
-  }
-
-  if (start === null || start === undefined) {
-    start = verticalBar + space
-  }
-
-  if (end === null || end === undefined) {
-    end = space + verticalBar
-  }
-
   while (++rowIndex < rowLength) {
     row = table[rowIndex]
 
@@ -171,7 +160,7 @@ function markdownTable(table, options) {
       }
     }
 
-    rows[rowIndex] = cells.join(delimiter)
+    rows[rowIndex] = cells.join(between)
   }
 
   index = -1
@@ -197,7 +186,7 @@ function markdownTable(table, options) {
     rule[index] = value
   }
 
-  rows.splice(1, 0, rule.join(delimiter))
+  rows.splice(1, 0, rule.join(between))
 
   return start + rows.join(end + lineFeed + start) + end
 }

readme.md

@@ -81,18 +81,66 @@ Other values are treated as `''`, which doesn’t place the colon in the alignme
 row but does align left.
 *Only the lowercased first character is used, so `Right` is fine.*
 
-###### `options.delimiter`
+###### `options.padding`
 
-Value to insert around cells (`string`, default: `' | '`).
-*Careful, setting this to a non-pipe breaks Markdown*.
+Whether to add a space of padding between delimiters and cells (`boolean`,
+default: `true`).
 
-###### `options.start`
+When `true`, there is padding:
 
-Value to insert at the beginning of every row (`string`, default: `'| '`).
+```markdown
+| Alpha | B     |
+| ----- | ----- |
+| C     | Delta |
+```
+
+When `false`, there is no padding:
+
+```markdown
+|Alpha|B|
+|-|-|
+|C|Delta|
+```
 
-###### `options.end`
+###### `options.delimiterStart`
+
+Whether to begin each row with the delimiter (`boolean`, default: `true`).
+
+When `true`, there are starting delimiters:
+
+```markdown
+| Alpha | B     |
+| ----- | ----- |
+| C     | Delta |
+```
 
-Value to insert at the end of every row (`string`, default: `' |'`).
+When `false`, there are no starting delimiters:
+
+```markdown
+Alpha | B     |
+----- | ----- |
+C     | Delta |
+```
+
+###### `options.delimiterEnd`
+
+Whether to end each row with the delimiter (`boolean`, default: `true`).
+
+When `true`, there are ending delimiters:
+
+```markdown
+| Alpha | B     |
+| ----- | ----- |
+| C     | Delta |
+```
+
+When `false`, there are no ending delimiters:
+
+```markdown
+| Alpha | B
+| ----- | -----
+| C     | Delta
+```
 
 ###### `options.stringLength`
 

test.js

@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@ test('table()', function(t) {
         ['master', '0123456789abcdef'],
         ['staging', 'fedcba9876543210']
       ],
-      {delimiter: ' - '}
+      {padding: false}
     ),
     [
-      '| Branch  - Commit           |',
-      '| ------- - ---------------- |',
-      '| master  - 0123456789abcdef |',
-      '| staging - fedcba9876543210 |'
+      '|Branch |Commit          |',
+      '|-------|----------------|',
+      '|master |0123456789abcdef|',
+      '|staging|fedcba9876543210|'
     ].join('\n'),
-    'should create a table delimited by `delimiter`'
+    'should create a table without padding'
   )
 
   t.equal(
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ test('table()', function(t) {
       '| master | 0123456789abcdef |',
       '| staging | fedcba9876543210 |'
     ].join('\n'),
-    'should create a table without padding'
+    'should create a table without aligned delimiters'
   )
 
   t.equal(
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ test('table()', function(t) {
       '| staging | fedcba9876543210 |',
       '| develop |  |'
     ].join('\n'),
-    'handles short rules and missing elements for tables without padding'
+    'handles short rules and missing elements for tables w/o aligned delimiters'
   )
 
   t.test(
@@ -200,15 +200,15 @@ test('table()', function(t) {
         ['master', '0123456789abcdef'],
         ['staging', 'fedcba9876543210']
       ],
-      {start: ''}
+      {delimiterStart: false}
     ),
     [
       'Branch  | Commit           |',
       '------- | ---------------- |',
       'master  | 0123456789abcdef |',
       'staging | fedcba9876543210 |'
     ].join('\n'),
-    'should create a table without starting border'
+    'should create rows without starting delimiter'
   )
 
   t.test(
@@ -218,15 +218,15 @@ test('table()', function(t) {
         ['master', '0123456789abcdef'],
         ['staging', 'fedcba9876543210']
       ],
-      {end: ''}
+      {delimiterEnd: false}
     ),
     [
       '| Branch  | Commit          ',
       '| ------- | ----------------',
       '| master  | 0123456789abcdef',
       '| staging | fedcba9876543210'
     ].join('\n'),
-    'should create a table without ending border'
+    'should create rows without ending delimiter'
   )
 
   t.test(