format.pl -- Print formatted text to a terminal

This module is the core of the plain text rendering module, providing format_paragraph/2 which formats a plain text block, respecting left and right margins, text alignment, ANSI style elements, etc.

 format_paragraph(+Text, +Options)

Format a paragraph to the current output. Options defined are:

width(+Width)

Width of a line. Default is 72.

margin_left(+Indent)

Indent all lines with Indent spaces.

margin_right(+Margin)

Additional right margin (same as reducing width)

hang(+Hang)

Additional indent for the first line. Can be negative.

bullet(+Bullet)

Bullet placed before the first line.

text_align(Alignment)

One of left, right, center or justify

pad(+Char)

If present, padd to the right using Char. Currently Char must be ' '.

 trim_line(Line0, Line) is det

Remove leading and trailing white space (b(_,_)) tokens from a line.

 words(+Input, -Words) is det[multifile]

Turn the Input into a list of w(Word, Len, Attributes) terms.