Re: ascii text format
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:49:16 +, pwn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. Judging from your example text, what you're searching for is a tool to format your text in paragraph mode (block mode) using spaces between the words. I'm not sure if there's already a tool on FreeBSD that does the trick, but you can surely write a simple awk script to do it. I'd suggest something like this: Break each input line into words using the space character as separator. Then, iterate over these words and put spaces after each word; repeat this until you've reached the desired text width. This should be relatively easy to accomplish. Furthermore, you can add an empty string before each output line in order to create a left margin. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ascii text format
On Friday 21 November 2008 12:49:16 pwn wrote: algouth this is not a freebsd specific text, i need to format some texts under freebsd for they appear in the center of the page when opened in a browser, but i dont want to use HTML for format them, i just want to add tabulation to my *.txt. what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. i add an example on a temporary host for make sure all understand. (i need to format the text for he appear like the example good.txt) http://one.xthost.info/temphost/good.txt http://one.xthost.info/temphost/bad.txt You seem to be fighting against your tools rather than working with them - the browser will strip out your whitespace and reflow your text anyway unless you prevent it somehow (pre tags?) so you might be better off just using HTML/CSS to control the format. However, you could look at various tools for processing text, depending exactly what you're trying to do: the manpages for fmt, groff, and pr might all offer some ideas. Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ascii text format
Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Friday 21 November 2008 12:49:16 pwn wrote: algouth this is not a freebsd specific text, i need to format some texts under freebsd for they appear in the center of the page when opened in a browser, but i dont want to use HTML for format them, i just want to add tabulation to my *.txt. what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. i add an example on a temporary host for make sure all understand. (i need to format the text for he appear like the example good.txt) http://one.xthost.info/temphost/good.txt http://one.xthost.info/temphost/bad.txt You seem to be fighting against your tools rather than working with them - the browser will strip out your whitespace and reflow your text anyway unless you prevent it somehow (pre tags?) so you might be better off just using HTML/CSS to control the format. However, you could look at various tools for processing text, depending exactly what you're trying to do: the manpages for fmt, groff, and pr might all offer some ideas. Jonathan yes, i want that the text appears displayed such as manpages like, how can i accomplish this task? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ascii text format
On Friday 21 November 2008 16:53:09 pwn wrote: Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Friday 21 November 2008 12:49:16 pwn wrote: algouth this is not a freebsd specific text, i need to format some texts under freebsd for they appear in the center of the page when opened in a browser, but i dont want to use HTML for format them, i just want to add tabulation to my *.txt. what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. i add an example on a temporary host for make sure all understand. (i need to format the text for he appear like the example good.txt) http://one.xthost.info/temphost/good.txt http://one.xthost.info/temphost/bad.txt You seem to be fighting against your tools rather than working with them - the browser will strip out your whitespace and reflow your text anyway unless you prevent it somehow (pre tags?) so you might be better off just using HTML/CSS to control the format. However, you could look at various tools for processing text, depending exactly what you're trying to do: the manpages for fmt, groff, and pr might all offer some ideas. Jonathan yes, i want that the text appears displayed such as manpages like, how can i accomplish this task? Manpages use advanced formatting codes. You can achieve some result, by: fmt -c 70 80 bad.txt But anything further you will have to edit the text. Maybe you can wrap some formatting codes around the text for the tbl(1) program. But I agree with Jonathan - it's easier to reformat the text using HTML code and some of that can be done with a script/parser, providing the text uses some degree of consistency. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ascii text format
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:49:16 +, pwn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: algouth this is not a freebsd specific text, i need to format some texts under freebsd for they appear in the center of the page when opened in a browser, but i dont want to use HTML for format them, i just want to add tabulation to my *.txt. what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. i add an example on a temporary host for make sure all understand. (i need to format the text for he appear like the example good.txt) http://one.xthost.info/temphost/good.txt http://one.xthost.info/temphost/bad.txt It looks like you want groff(1) (or some other typesetting system that can generate plain text output, like GNU Texinfo). The groff utility and its associated formatting toolchain is relatively easy to learn and it can produce output like: ,--- | | | | Some Title | | | A. U. Thor | |13 Friday St. |Someplace (SP) | | | ABSTRACT | | Dreaming of space-flight, and predicting its | future, have always been favorite pastimes of sci- | ence fiction. In my first science column for FSF, | I can't resist the urge to contribute a bit to | this grand tradition. | | A science-fiction writer in 1991 has a pro- | found advantage over the genre's pioneers. Nowa- | days, space-exploration has a past as well as a | future. ``The conquest of space'' can be judged | today, not just by dreams, but by a real-life | track record. | | | 1. Introduction | | Here's the main text. | | 2. Getting Started | | This is the first paragraph of a new section. The sec- | tion titles are automatically indented, numbered and format- | ted with the default style of ``numbered headers'' by the | groff_ms(7) macros themselves. | | Note how the first line of each paragraph is also | indented a bit to the right. This is the default style of | groff_ms(7) output, but you can easily tune and tweak the | defaults to match pretty much any style you prefer. | | `--- from relatively easy to prepare input text files. The text shown above has been produced by the following ``document source'', written in the style expected by the groff_ms(7) formatting macros: .TL Some Title .AU A.\ U.\ Thor .sp 1 .AI 13 Friday St. Someplace (SP) .AB Dreaming of space-flight, and predicting its future, have always been favorite pastimes of science fiction. In my first science column for .I FSF , I can't resist the urge to contribute a bit to this grand tradition. .PP A science-fiction writer in 1991 has a profound advantage over the genre's pioneers. Nowadays, space-exploration has a past as well as a future. ``The conquest of space'' can be judged today, not just by dreams, but by a real-life track record. .AE .\ === .\ This is a comment at the start of a new section. .\ === .ds RH Introduction .NH Introduction .PP Here's the main text. .\ === .\ This is a comment at the start of a new section. .\ === .ds RH Getting Started .NH Getting Started .PP This is the first paragraph of a new section. The section titles are automatically indented, numbered and formatted with the default style of ``numbered headers'' by the .B groff_ms(7) macros themselves. .PP Note how the first line of each paragraph is also indented a bit to the right. This is the default style of groff_ms(7) output, but you can easily tune and tweak the defaults to match pretty much any style you prefer. If this looks interesting, you can find a *lot* of information about groff and its macro packages at the following places: 1. In the `Info manual' of groff itself. This is already installed as part of your base system, and you can start reading it by typing: % info groff 2. At the web page of groff itself: http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/#documentation 3. At the troff.org pages: http://troff.org/ These pages are about groff's ancestor: the `troff' formatter. They include various links about online troff/groff resources. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send
Re: ascii text format
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:53:09 +, pwn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes, i want that the text appears displayed such as manpages like, how can i accomplish this task? The manpages are written in groff. More specifically, they are written in a format that may be formatted by the `mdoc' macros of groff; the set of groff macros described in the groff_mdoc(7) manpage. See my other post about using groff and a specially formatted `input file' to produce text output similar to the manpage look feel :) The `mdoc' macro package is just _one_ of the available sets of macros for formatting text with groff. Check out the groff wiki at http://www.port.de/cgi-bin/groff/GroffMacroPackages for information about the standard macro packages included with groff. The `extras' page at http://www.port.de/cgi-bin/groff/GroffExtras has pointers to other, non-standard macro packages. This may be a bit interesting too. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ascii text format
El día Friday, November 21, 2008 a las 03:53:09PM +, pwn escribió: Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Friday 21 November 2008 12:49:16 pwn wrote: algouth this is not a freebsd specific text, i need to format some texts under freebsd for they appear in the center of the page when opened in a browser, but i dont want to use HTML for format them, i just want to add tabulation to my *.txt. what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. i add an example on a temporary host for make sure all understand. (i need to format the text for he appear like the example good.txt) http://one.xthost.info/temphost/good.txt http://one.xthost.info/temphost/bad.txt You seem to be fighting against your tools rather than working with them - the browser will strip out your whitespace and reflow your text anyway unless you prevent it somehow (pre tags?) so you might be better off just using HTML/CSS to control the format. However, you could look at various tools for processing text, depending exactly what you're trying to do: the manpages for fmt, groff, and pr might all offer some ideas. Jonathan yes, i want that the text appears displayed such as manpages like, how can i accomplish this task? what about: $ groff -Tascii bad.txt SOME TITLE Dreaming of space-flight, and predicting its future, have always been favorite pastimes of science fiction. In my first science column for FSF, I can't resist the urge to contribute a bit to this grand tradition. A science-fiction writer in 1991 has a profound advantage over the genre's pioneers. Nowadays, space-exploration has a past as well as a future. The conquest of space can be judged today, not just by dreams, but by a real-life track record. and some more tweakings after that with sed, ... matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ Q: What's the difference between an iphone and a freerunner? A: One works but takes away your freedom, the other is free but needs your work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ascii text format
pwn escribió: algouth this is not a freebsd specific text, i need to format some texts under freebsd for they appear in the center of the page when opened in a browser, but i dont want to use HTML for format them, i just want to add tabulation to my *.txt. what software/tool can i use for format my *.txt? there is command on VIM like set textwidth but this is not suitable for me. any help i appreciate. i add an example on a temporary host for make sure all understand. (i need to format the text for he appear like the example good.txt) http://one.xthost.info/temphost/good.txt http://one.xthost.info/temphost/bad.txt [SNIP] Well, try par, it's a port, use portinstall, pkg_add or another tool to install it: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/ports/textproc/par I was using it with vim and mutt to format mail some years ago ;) Best regards, -- .O. | Daniel Molina Wegener | C/C++ Coder ..O | dmw [at] coder [dot] cl | FOSS Developer OOO | FreeBSD Linux User| Standards Basis ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
