From: Daniel Koepke Subject: Linewrapping Here's a little function to linewrap lines at 79. It's not perfect, but it works fairly well. There's no question about the fact that it's ugly. char *linewrap(char *str) { char xbuf2[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; char xbuf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; bool cap=TRUE; char *tmp; int i; xbuf[0]=xbuf2[0]='\0'; i = 0; if (strlen(str) < 79) return (str); for (tmp = str; *tmp; tmp++) { if (*tmp=='\r') { if (xbuf[i-1] != ' ') { xbuf[[i]=' '; i++; } } else if (*tmp=='\n') ; else if (*tmp == ' ') { if (xbuf[i-1] != ' ') { xbuf[i] = ' '; i++; } } else { xbuf[i] = *tmp; xbuf[i+1] = ' '; i += 2; } cap = TRUE; } else { xbuf[i]=*tmp; if (cap) { cap = FALSE; xbuf[i] = UPPER(xbuf[i]); } i++; } } xbuf[i]='\0'; strcpy(xbuf2, xbuf); tmp=xbuf2; xbuf[0]='\0'; for (;;) { for (i=0; i<79; i++) if (!*(tmp+i)) break; if (i<79) break; // locate the last space for (i=(xbuf[0]?78:75); i; i--) if (*(tmp+i)==' ') break; if (i) { *(tmp+i)='\0'; strcat(xbuf, tmp); strcat(xbuf, "\r\n"); tmp += i+1; while (*tmp == ' ') tmp++; } else { *(tmp+77)='\0'; strcat(xbuf,tmp); strcat(xbuf,"-\r\n"); tmp += 78; } } while (*(tmp+i) && (*(tmp+i)==' ' || IS_NEWL(*(tmp+i)))) i--; *(tmp+i+1)='\0'; strcat(xbuf,tmp); if (xbuf[strlen(xbuf)-2] != '\r') strcat(xbuf, "\r\n"); return (str_dup(xbuf)); } Note that the above wasn't written for beauty or for speed, it's a cheap and (very) dirty hack. Furthermore, note that I retyped this from memory, so it may not even work. Oh, and here, too, is a function to properly capitalize a string despite ansi codes: char *ProperString(char *str) { char xbuf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; int i = 0; *xbuf = '\0'; strcpy(xbuf, str); if (xbuf[i] == '\x1b') { while ((xbuf[i] >= '0' && xbuf[i] <= 9) || xbuf[i] == ';') i++; i++; } xbuf[i] = UPPER(xbuf[i]); return (str_dup(xbuf)); } Neither are the most efficient things in the world, but they work (or did before I retyped them :P). -- Daniel Koepke dkoepke@california.com Forgive me father, for I am sin.