# >> Evan Weaver # => http://blog.evanweaver.com/articles/2006/09/03/smart-plaintext-wrapping class String def wrap(width = 80, hanging_indent = 0, magic_lists = false) lines = self.split(/\n/) lines.collect! do |line| if magic_lists line =~ /^([\s\-\d\.\:]*\s)/ else line =~ /^([\s]*\s)/ end indent = $1.length + hanging_indent rescue hanging_indent buffer = "" first = true while line.length > 0 first ? (i, first = 0, false) : i = indent pos = width - i if line.length > pos and line[0..pos] =~ /^(.+)\s/ subline = $1 else subline = line[0..pos] end buffer += " " * i + subline + "\n" line.tail!(subline.length) end buffer[0..-2] end lines.join("\n") end def tail!(pos) self[0..pos] = "" strip! end end