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> Hi,
> 
> I was interested in formatted display on screen.
> 
> I can display ONE text paragraph in any part of the screen with
Text::wrap. My question was how to adjust MANY such independent
paragraphs in one screen (exactly in a newspaper format where you have
8-10 columns of news items on a single page).
> 
> I wanted to know is there something like Text::wrap which can do this.
Or Text::wrap can handle only one paragraph. If nothing like that exists
then I might have to give up Text::wrap and use my own logic to adjust it.
> 
> Moreover, I also wanted to use Term::Size to adjust the text with
changing screen size.
> 
> Is there any convenient way to do this ? I was looking for readymade
stuff.
> Please suggest.
> 

Have you looked into using ncurses?  There is at least one Perl module
for manipulating terminals using (n)curses. I have not yet used it for
anything in particular, though have seen it used in other apps,
centericq for instance.  I would think a combination of your text
wrapper with curses terminal control should provide what you want...

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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Kinzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:05 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Help needed on perl wrappers
> 
> 
> 
> I'm trying to figure out WHY you would ever want to create what you are
> asking for.  Why-- is a good question here, because there may be a way to
> get to the real goal instead of creating this.  For instance if it's just
> going into an HTML document, a table of course, would be easier.  Just an
> example, so WHY are you wanting to do this?
> 
> If this is really want you want, then: Do you really want a ragged left on
> the right column?  Do you really want to use tabs?  I'm thinking spaces
> would be easier to deal with for this problem and could buy you a
justified
> left margin on the right column.
> 
> More info please.
> 
> -Tom Kinzer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pandey Rajeev-A19514 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:16 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Help needed on perl wrappers
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a text that I read from a file. I want to display the text on the
> screen in a column in a newspaper style.
> I do it like this....
> 
> $initial_tab = "\t\t";
> $subsequent_tab = "\t\t";
> print wrap($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, @text1);
> print fill($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, @text1);
> 
> It will print like this ...
>         I am a boy and I go to school
>         everyday. I have to do a lot of
>         homework and I dont get time
>         to play these days.
> 
> 
> But if I have more than one independent text i.e. @text2, @text3 to be
> displayed in different columns, then what shall i do.
> I want something like this ...
> 
>         I am a boy and I go to school                She is a girl and she
> also goes
>         everyday. I have to do a lot of                to school. I do all
> her homework
>         homework and I dont get time               and she gets plenty of
> time to
>         to play these days                               play.
> 
> Is there any mechanism to achieve this ?
> 
> Best Regards
> Rajeev
> 

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