word wrap
[1/1] from: hijim::pronet::net at: 29-Jul-2001 16:50
I'd like to have a function that will fill and wrap long and short lines
for the printer. I'll set it for 70 characters so as to have a 5
character indent on both sides. I found this script in the Rebol
library. I've made it work on the screen and the printer. The problem is
this: it condenses spaces and line feeds to a single space. All text is
run together, and paragraphs are lost.
I want to load a normal text file (entered in a text area with wrap on)
and be able to print it correctly on the printer. This routine works to
break the text into proper length lines. How do I get it to leave line
breaks intact? I'd also like to leave initial spaces intact (spaces used
to indent).
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Jim
REBOL [Title: "Test of Wrap"]
wrap-text: func [para /margin size /local count][
count: 1
if not margin [size: 30] ; default size
trim/lines para
forall para [
if all [count >= size find/match para " "][
insert para " " ; I added this to indent printing
change para newline
count: 0
]
count: count + 1
]
head para
]
; my-file: read %htme.r ;change this to a file on your computer
view layout [
backdrop silver * 1.2
button red "Quit" [quit]
button "Print File" [print wrap-text my-file]
button "Print" [
print wrap-text {
This is a paragraph that
we want to
fill and wrap using the default margin which is
set to 20.
*Why doesn't the first line indent?*
*Add another paragraph to see if indent works here. Why are blank lines
lost?*
}
]
]