multiline

decida.multiline(line, linelength=72)

synopsis:

Split up line into multiple lines.

arguments:

line (str)

line to be split up

linelength (int, default=72)

maximum length of returned lines

results:

• line split on spaces or tabs
• return list of lines of max length linelength

example:

>>> import decida
>>> text = "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."
>>> lines = decida.multiline(text, 60)
>>> print string.join(lines, "\n")
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on
this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created
equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing
whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so
dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great
battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a
portion of that field, as a final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It
is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.