Subj : text reformating
To   : Kai Richter
From : Grant Weasner
Date : Wed Jun 04 2025 10:47 am

  Re: text reformating
  By: Kai Richter to Grant Weasner on Wed May 28 2025 15:03:50

Hi Kai,


 >  GW> Gopher friendly:
 >  GW> 1) 64 columns wide.
 >  GW> 2) any indents will remain, but if a line goes beyond 64 cols, the remaining characters will go to the line below but
 >  GW> indent
 >  GW> to the same column as the prior line.
 >
 > Indent to the same column as the prior line - that sounds like the man manpages layout?
Yes I'm working on the algorithm for the process.

So far its counting the proceeding whitespace starting at char[0] for the line, and finding any '\t' tabs as well.
If the next line proceeding whitespace is equal to current line, read the next->next line check for equal whitespace. Repeat the process until whitespace is not equal, or whitespace is equal but directly after whietspace there is a '\n'.
create new lines with current whitespace for every joined line.


 >
 > If yes then you may like to peek into the manpage display processes for more hints.

I looked at man man, but I wasn't sure what I was looking for. Lots of references to groff within man man.
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