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add a email-esque quoting script
author | Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> |
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date | Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:18:01 -0700 |
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children | a075f8a93183 |
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1 #!/usr/bin/env python | |
2 | |
3 """ | |
4 quote text | |
5 """ | |
6 | |
7 import sys | |
8 import textwrap | |
9 from subprocess import check_output as call | |
10 | |
11 def quote(text, prefix='> ', width=69): | |
12 """ | |
13 returns quoted text | |
14 - prefix: string to prepend quote | |
15 - width: final width (emacs wraps at 70) | |
16 """ | |
17 width -= len(prefix) # subtract the prefix | |
18 text = text.strip() # remove surrounding whitespace | |
19 lines = [] | |
20 for line in text.splitlines(): | |
21 line = line.strip() | |
22 lines.extend(textwrap.wrap(line, width)) | |
23 return '\n'.join(['%s%s' % (prefix, line) | |
24 for line in lines]) | |
25 | |
26 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]): | |
27 text = sys.stdin.read() | |
28 sys.stdout.write(quote(text)) | |
29 | |
30 if __name__ == '__main__': | |
31 main() |