Monday, June 3, 2019

Re: long line to paragraph all indented

* George Dinwiddie <lists@iDIAcomputing.com> [190603 13:58]:
> Tim
>
> On 6/3/19 5:43 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > version 7.4 on ubuntu
> > non-gui
> >
> > given a long line indented to some nominal number of spaces, how can
> > I format this line to preset paragraph width but with each line in
> > paragraph retaining the original indentation.
> > example:
> >
> > Pour the remaining sauce over the enchiladas. Cover with leftover cheese and bake for about 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbling.
> >
> > becomes:
> >
> > Pour the remaining sauce over the enchiladas. Cover with leftover cheese
> > and bake for about 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbling.
>
> I use the external program 'fmt' to do it, like this:
>
> :.,.!fmt

:) That works like a charm! Thank you.

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Tim Johnson
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