NAME

       Text::Wrapper - Word wrap text by breaking long lines

VERSION

       This document describes version 1.05 of Text::Wrapper, released January 18, 2014.

SYNOPSIS

           require Text::Wrapper;
           $wrapper = Text::Wrapper->new(columns => 60, body_start => '    ');
           print $wrapper->wrap($text);
           $wrapper->columns(70);

DESCRIPTION

       Text::Wrapper provides simple word wrapping.  It breaks long lines, but does not alter
       spacing or remove existing line breaks.  If you're looking for more sophisticated text
       formatting, try the Text::Format module.

       Reasons to use Text::Wrapper instead of Text::Format:

       •   Text::Wrapper is significantly smaller.

       •   It does not alter existing whitespace or combine short lines.  It only breaks long
           lines.

       Again, if Text::Wrapper doesn't meet your needs, try Text::Format.

ATTRIBUTES

   body_start
       The text that begins the second and following lines of a paragraph.  (Default '')

   columns
       The number of columns to use.  This includes any text in body_start or par_start.
       (Default 70)

   par_start
       The text that begins the first line of each paragraph.  (Default '')

   wrap_after
       A line can wrap after any of the characters in this string.  Setting this to the empty
       string means a line will wrap only at whitespace.  (Default '-')

METHODS

   wrap
         $wrapper->wrap($text)

       Returns a word wrapped copy of $text.  The original is not altered.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       Text::Wrapper requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

       None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       Does not handle tabs (they're treated just like spaces).

       All characters are treated as being the same width, including zero-width spaces and
       combining accents.

       Does not break words that can't fit on one line.

AUTHOR

       Christopher J. Madsen  "<perl AT cjmweb.net>"

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "<bug-Text-Wrapper AT rt.cpan.org>" or
       through the web interface at
       <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Text-Wrapper>.

       You can follow or contribute to Text-Wrapper's development at
       <https://github.com/madsen/text-wrapper>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Christopher J. Madsen.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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