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add a email-esque quoting script
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:18:01 -0700
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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()