diff -r 5410b6afc839 -r 245f1b88a3e6 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java
--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java	Mon Dec 30 23:46:41 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/formatting/TabularFormatter.java	Tue Dec 31 17:35:33 2013 +0100
@@ -33,21 +33,27 @@
 	public static final String NAME = "tabular"; // bash-completion:formatter
 	private static final String HEADER_TYPE_PREFIX = " (";
 	private static final String HEADER_TYPE_SUFFIX = ")";
+	public static final String PROPERTY_ASCII = "ascii";
+	public static final String PROPERTY_COLORFUL = "color";
+	public static final String PROPERTY_TRIM = "trim";
 	private ColorfulPrintWriter out;
 	private boolean firstResult = true;
 	private int[] columnWidth;
 	/**
 	 * use ASCII borders instead of unicode ones
 	 */
-	private final boolean asciiNostalgia = false;
+	private final boolean asciiNostalgia;
 	/**
 	 * Trim values if they are longer than cell size
 	 */
-	private final boolean trimValues = false;
+	private final boolean trimValues;
 
 	public TabularFormatter(FormatterContext formatterContext) {
 		super(formatterContext);
 		out = new ColorfulPrintWriter(formatterContext.getOutputStream());
+		asciiNostalgia = formatterContext.getProperties().getBoolean(PROPERTY_ASCII, false);
+		trimValues = formatterContext.getProperties().getBoolean(PROPERTY_TRIM, false);
+		out.setColorful(formatterContext.getProperties().getBoolean(PROPERTY_COLORFUL, true));
 	}
 
 	@Override