slackbuilds_ponce/misc/par

par (paragraph reformatter)

par is a paragraph reformatter, vaguely similar to fmt, but better.

For example, the command "par 44gqr", given the input:

        John Q. Public writes:
        > Jane Doe writes:
        > >
        > > May I remind people that this newsgroup
        > > is for posting binaries only.  Please keep
        > > all discussion in .d where it belongs.
        > Who appointed you net.god?
        > I'll discuss things here if I feel like it.
        Could you two please take this to e-mail?

        **********************************************
        ** Main's Law: For every action there is an **
        ** equal and opposite government program.   **
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Would produce the output:

        John Q. Public writes:

        > Jane Doe writes:
        >
        > > May I remind people that this
        > > newsgroup is for posting
        > > binaries only.  Please keep
        > > all discussion in .d where it
        > > belongs.
        >
        > Who appointed you net.god?  I'll
        > discuss things here if I feel like
        > it.

        Could you two please take this to
        e-mail?

        ************************************
        ** Main's Law: For every action   **
        ** there is an equal and opposite **
        ** government program.            **
        ************************************