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   Message 8,133 of 8,232   
   Dan Clough to Grant Weasner   
   Re: text reformating   
   19 May 25 08:34:30   
   
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   -=> 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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