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.
