SMACX-unofficial-patch/lineshortener.py
2019-08-01 13:05:10 +01:00

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def trimline(line, maxlen=124):
"""string -> string[]
Recursively shorten string if it is longer than maxlen. Return list of shortened lines
If a line cannot be shortened an exception will be thrown.
Default maxlen comes from the max line length in the original english helpx.txt:
for f in \#\#current\ patch\ files/EN_orig/SMACX/*; do
echo -e "$(LC_ALL=latin1 awk '{print length($0)}' < "$f" |sort -n|tail -n1)\t$f";
done | sort -n
"""
if len(line) <= maxlen:
return [line]
# Find the first space before maxlen and replace with \r\n
splitpt = line.rindex(' ', 0, maxlen)
before = line[:splitpt] + '\n'
after = line[splitpt+1:]
tmp = [before]
tmp.extend(trimline(after, maxlen))
return tmp
def main():
import sys
filename = sys.argv[1]
with open(filename, encoding="latin1") as f:
lines = f.readlines()
newlines = []
for line in lines:
newlines.extend(trimline(line))
with open(filename, "w", encoding="latin1", newline="\r\n") as f:
f.writelines(newlines)
main()