Par

Paragraph reformatter.

Description

Par is a lightweight binding for par, a handy Unix tool for formatting paragraphs.

Note that you need to have the command line tool installed. On Mac OSX, it may be as easy as executing sudo port install par. On Debian, try sudo apt-get install par.

Usage

Check this couple tests to see how it works.

class ParTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  test "should format the paragraphs to the default 60 characters wide" do
    source = "Similique quibusdam consectetur provident sit aut in. Quia dolorem qui nihil expedita quod. Doloremque nobis et labore. Fugit facilis eveniet similique voluptatem dolore rerum laboriosam occaecati. Veniam voluptatem autem in."

    assert_equal <<-EOS, Par.new(source)
Similique quibusdam consectetur provident sit aut in. Quia dolorem
qui nihil expedita quod. Doloremque nobis et labore. Fugit facilis
eveniet similique voluptatem dolore rerum laboriosam occaecati. Veniam
voluptatem autem in.
EOS
  end

  test "should relay the passed parameters to par" do
    assert_equal <<-EOS, Par.new("  #{source}", :p => 2)
  Similique quibusdam consectetur provident sit aut in. Quia dolorem
  qui nihil expedita quod. Doloremque nobis et labore. Fugit facilis
  eveniet similique voluptatem dolore rerum laboriosam occaecati. Veniam
  voluptatem autem in.
EOS
  end
end

Installation

$ gem install par

License

Copyright (c) 2010 Damian Janowski & Michel Martens

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