Subj : fried brain
To   : Deuce
From : MCMLXXIX
Date : Mon May 12 2008 11:10 pm

  Re: fried brain
  By: Deuce to MCMLXXIX on Mon May 12 2008 18:44:37

 >   Re: fried brain
 >   By: MCMLXXIX to Deuce on Mon May 12 2008 06:10 pm
 > 
 >  >  > console.putmsg(word_wrap(string, 10).replace(/\n/,"\n          "));
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > that would work, sort of... but the idea is to make the text wrap within 
 >  > window at either a menu, or in the midst of another script, so having
 >  > preceeding spaces would mess up the surrounding graphics. the distance fr
 >  > the left will also be supplied as a variable and will change depending on
 >  > what's going on..
 > 
 > Ok...
 > console.putmsg(word_wrap(string, 10).replace(/\n/,"\n\1"+ascii(127+10)));
 > 
 >  > you should make word_wrap take a starting_column argument! .... :)
 > 
 > The word wrap function is in now way connected to output... so a
 > starting_column argument is pointless.
 > 
 > Regarding windows, they aren't supported natively.  You could do this
 > functionality using the graphic.js library though:
 > 
 > load("graphic.js");
 > var window=new Graphic(10,24);
 > window.putmsg(word_wrap(1,1,string, window.width));
 > window.draw(1, 10);
 > 

I actually had no idea that could be done with Graphic.js, but it didn't seem
to work when I tested it anyway. What does word_wrap do? put an \r\n in the
supplied string at the supplied width? 

I have a working function for this, and seems to running just fine now...
though that console.putmsg(word_wrap..........); line you wrote up there was a
learning experience in itself.

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