[Tutor] Splitting long lines correctly

[Prahlad Vaidyanathan]

Hi,

    I am trying to write a script to paginate text files, and make them
"pretty" enough to print - something like "pr", only in Python.

    Now, the main problem I am facing is splitting long (> 80 chars)
lines into smaller lines, while still preserving the readability.

ie. I do not want lines with a comma at the first column - instead I
would like to bring down the previous word onto the next line.

    Also, I would like to be able to recognise and preserve paragraph
breaks, etc.

    How do I go about achieving this ? Are there programs that already
do this (in Python) ?

pv.
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