--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/textshaper/decorator.py	Sun Feb 23 13:54:18 2014 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+decorators for textshaper
+"""
+
+string = (str, unicode)
+
+class lines(object):
+    """
+    allow functions that process lists of lines of text to
+    accept strings, lists of lines, or a file-like object
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, function, line_separator='\n'):
+        self.function = function
+        self.line_separator = line_separator
+
+    def __call__(self, text, *args, **kwargs):
+        is_string = False
+        if isinstance(text, string):
+            is_string = True
+            text = text.splitlines()
+        retval = self.function(*args, **kwargs)
+        if is_string:
+            return self.line_separator.join(retval)
+        return retval