def text(self):
        """Get indent text as \t or string of spaces
        """
        if self.useTabs:
            return '\t'
        else:
            return ' ' * self.width
def sort(cls, dataset, by=[], reverse=False):
        cols = [dataset.get_dimension(d, strict=True).name for d in by]
        return dataset.data.sort_values(by=cols, ascending=not reverse)