--- a/textshaper/main.py	Sat May 03 14:47:16 2014 -0700
+++ b/textshaper/main.py	Mon May 12 10:29:06 2014 -0700
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import time
 from .commands import Commands
 from .indent import deindent, indent
+from .tablify import make_csv
 from .whitespace import underscore
 from which import which
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
     commands.add(indent, 'i')
     commands.add(deindent, 'd')
     commands.add(underscore, 'u')
+    commands.add(make_csv, 'c')
     return commands
 
 

--- a/textshaper/tablify.py	Sat May 03 14:47:16 2014 -0700
+++ b/textshaper/tablify.py	Mon May 12 10:29:06 2014 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+"""
+functions having to do with tables
+"""
+
+import csv
+from .decorator import lines
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+@lines
+def make_csv(text):
+    """make space-separated text into comma-separated"""
+    return [','.join(line.strip().split()) for line in text]
+
 def format_cols(rows, header=None, right_align=()):
     if header:
         raise NotImplementedError('TODO') # -> record TODO items