Text.LineBreak

Simple functions to break a String to fit a maximum text width, using Knuth-Liang hyphenation algorithm.

Example:

import Text.Hyphenation
import Text.LineBreak

hyp = Just english_US
bf = BreakFormat 25 4 '-' hyp
cs = "Using hyphenation with gruesomely non parsimonious wording."
main = putStr $ breakString bf cs

will output:

Using hyphenation with
gruesomely non parsimo-
nious wording.

Documentation

breakString :: BreakFormat -> String -> String

Breaks some text (String) to make it fit in a certain width. The output is a String, suitable for writing to screen or file.

breakStringLn :: BreakFormat -> String -> [String]

Convenience for lines $ breakString bf cs

data BreakFormat

How to break the strings: maximum width of the lines, number of spaces to replace tabs with (dumb replacement), symbol to use to hyphenate words, hypenator to use (language, exceptions, etc.; refer to Text.Hyphenation for usage instructions). To break lines without hyphenating, put Nothing in bfHyphenator.

Constructors

BreakFormat

Fields

bfMaxCol :: Int

bfTabRep :: Int

bfHyphenSymbol :: Char

bfHyphenator :: Maybe Hyphenator