NAME

       reflow - Perl script for reflowing text files using Knuth's paragraphing algorithm.

SYNOPSIS

       reflow < input > output

       reflow file1 file2 ... > output

DESCRIPTION

       Uses Knuth's paragraphing algorithm (as used in TeX) to "reflow" text files by picking "good" places to
       break the line.

       It takes an ascii text file (with paragraphs separated by blank lines) and reflows the paragraphs. If two
       or more lines in a row are "indented" then they are assumed to be a quoted poem and are passed through
       unchanged.  (The -skipindented causes ALL indented lines to be passed unchanged)

       The algorithm tries to keep the lines the same length but also tries to break at punctuation, and avoid
       breaking within a proper name or after certain "connectives" ("a", "the", etc.).

   OPTIONS
       -skipindented
            Cause ALL indented lines to be passed unchanged. Normally a single indented line is included in the
            paragraph, while two or more indented lines are considered to be a quotation or poem and are passed
            through unchanged.

       -fast
            Sets the optimum line width to 65 characters. This is the default.

       -slow
            Tries line widths of 60, 65 and 70 characters and picks the best one.

       -veryslow
            Tries all line widths between 60 and 70 characters inclusive, and picks the best one. With the -slow
            and -veryslow options the line widths within a paragraph will vary less, but the line widths may
            vary from one paragraph to the next.

       -skipto pattern
            Skip to the first line starting with the given pattern before starting to reflow.  This is useful
            for skipping Project Gutenberg headers or contents tables.

            See Text::Reflow(3) for more options: all the keyword options defined in Text::Reflow are also
            available via the reflow script.

AUTHOR

       Original "reflow" perl script written by Michael Larsen, larsen@edu.upenn.math.

       Modified, enhanced and converted to a perl module with XSUB by Martin Ward, martin@gkc.org.uk

SEE ALSO

       Text::Reflow(3).

       perl(1).

       See "TeX the Program" by Donald Knuth for a description of the algorithm used.