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|    Dan Clough to Grant Weasner    |
|    Re: text reformating    |
|    19 May 25 08:34:30    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 2255.fido_linux@1:135/115 2c907235       REPLY: 269.fidonet_linux@1:138/397 2c9021b0       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/97e1d3922 May 08 2025 GCC 14.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.25-Linux master/97e1d3922 May 08 2025 GCC 14.2.0       BBSID: PALANTIR       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       -=> Grant Weasner wrote to All <=-               GW> Hello all.               GW> I'm wondering what others think about linux a text formating task I'm        GW> trying to solve.               GW> I've got lots of older howtos from the old web, and stuff I've also        GW> wrote.               GW> I want to convert all of my text files in many directories into a        GW> gopher fiendly format.               GW> Gopher friendly:        GW> 1) 64 columns wide.        GW> 2) any indents will remain, but if a line goes beyond 64 cols, the        GW> remaining characters will go to the line below but indent to the same        GW> column as the prior line.                      GW> This seems pretty difficult and I'm wondering how others would approch        GW> this task.               GW> I'm thinking of just writing a python script using basic python        GW> modules.               GW> But I'm wondering if there are just native linux tools that would work        GW> as good or better.               |
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