Re: [gedit-list] paragraph rewrapping plugin

[Jesse van den Kieboom <jessevdk gnome org>]

Tom Metro wrote:
> I'm trying to find a plugin that can rewrap a paragraph while 
> maintaining an indent, *and* that doesn't use a hard coded right margin.
>
> I started trying Join/Split lines (part of the core plugins, I 
> believe), and couldn't find any documentation on what column it 
> wrapped at, or if it could be changed. As I recall, I don't think it 
> preserves indent either, though I could work around that if the margin 
> was adjustable by wrapping, then indenting.
The join/split lines should honor the right margin setting from gedit. 
If it doesn't then that's a bug. I would agree though that the plugin is 
not very sophisticated and could use some love.
> I then tried Tom Insam's Rewrap Paragraph[1], which behaved 
> inconsistently in handling indents, and also had a fixed margin.
>
> Lastly I tried GDP Format[2], which handled preserving indents nicely, 
> but also uses a fixed margin. I see from the status bar help text it 
> is set at 78 characters.
>
> Are there any rewrapping plugins that either have their own 
> configuration setting, or honor the right margin setting in gedit?
>
> Another approach might be a rewrapping tool that uses the first line 
> of a selection as a template. Whatever indent and line ending position 
> used for the first line gets replicated for all subsequent lines.
If you feel like it, you could try fixing the join/split lines plugin 
from gedit-plugins. We're at the moment a bit busy trying to get gedit 
ready for 2.30, so it can take a while before we can get an enhancement 
like this. Also please file a bug report so that we can keep track of 
the issue.


Jesse
>  -Tom
>
> 1. 
> https://seatbelt.jerakeen.org/svn/tomi/Projects/gedit-plugins/word-wrap/
> 2. https://launchpad.net/gdp
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