My concern (though maybe unwarrented, someone more familiar with these matters might correct me) is that fmt is released under the GPL and I recall us having problems with things like readline in the past. Is this a non-issue? Otherwise I could read the paper and write a "clean room" implementation...
Sean > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominik Roettsches [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Suggestion: Adding fmt like linebreak > algorithm > > > Hello, > > Sean: > >> > I need to find a plaintext version of Knuth's paper, then maybe I > >> > could help. I don't want to look at fmt's code. > >> > >> You should. It's pretty straightforward to bind. > > I mailed you 2 files which could be interesting for you. > > Dave: > > I'd be happy to have a go at creating the new function though... > > for those who'd like to have a go in trying to implement > Knuth's algorithm or adapt it from fmt, I can provide some > useful links: > > http://www.cstug.cz/latex/ltnavig/general/tex-source.html > > - you can find a DVI-file here of a smaller version of > "Breaking lines into paragraphs" from Knuth > > The source and binaries for the GNU textutils which fmt > is a part of can be found (for example) here: > > ftp://gnu.ms.uky.edu/pub/mirrors/gnu/textutils/ > > Please tell me, if could be of assistance any further. > > Thanks to those who try to implement this into wordwrap, > > Dominik > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
