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I'm trying to get several text files to wrap when displayed in Firefox, instead of running off the screen. Is there a way to do that?

Particularly, I would like it to wrap like a Usenet message, like so:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.pagan.magick/msg/6beb96a17d4d5971?dmode=source&output=gplain

Thanks.

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Ryan Aghdam 45
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This was chosen as the best answer

http://sandbox.ryanaghdam.com/wrap/

  • test.txt: A plain text file with many paragaphs without line breaks
  • wrap.php: The actual PHP source code. Open this to see the test.txt file wrapped correctly
  • wrap.php.html: HTML-version of the source code (with syntax-highlighting) for your viewing.

If you have any questions, please find my contact information here: http://ryanaghdam.com/contact. I would prefer you'd tell me if you're going to use the code in your website.

Answered over 3 years ago by Ryan Aghdam
  • Link was broken... what makes this the chosen answer? — Adam Monsen almost 3 years ago
  • Argh, I meant to say 'the link is broken' (regarding the link to http://sandbox.ryanaghdam.com/wrap/), but I can't edit my comment. — Adam Monsen almost 3 years ago
Ben Shoults 390
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Set up a div, specify a width, 800px or so and output that data in that div.

css

#container {width: 800px;}

html

<div id="container">DATA</div>
Answered over 3 years ago by Ben Shoults
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I should specify, these files will be .txt files not .html.

So more like this actually:

http://www.textfiles.com/100/adventur.txt

Answered over 3 years ago by 7777
Ryan Aghdam 45
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I should specify, these files will be .txt files not .html.

I think that (should have) answered your question.

If you have a server-side scripting language, you could either:

  1. Have it read the text file, and insert a newline character before each word that breaks the 80-columsn mark, and print the result.
  2. Take the text file as input and print it in an HTML document with the body width set to 66ex.
Answered over 3 years ago by Ryan Aghdam
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Yes I think the first option is more what I'm looking for. I'd like the documents to remain plaintext files. Is there a way I can accomplish this with PHP then? Although I should say that I really have very little PHP experience to speak of.

Answered over 3 years ago by 7777
Ryan Aghdam 45
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Okay, sounds like a bit of a challenge. I'm going to figure this one out and post a link to the results.

Answered over 3 years ago by Ryan Aghdam
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That. Is. Brilliant! Thank you so much, I've been trying to figure this out for days!

I am planning on using this on a personal website that hasn't gone up yet, but when it goes up I will definitely tell you!

Answered over 3 years ago by 7777
  • Glad it's helpful. Let me know if it will work out for your website the right way. I'll be happy to make changes to make it work better for you. — Ryan Aghdam over 3 years ago