Re: Using "textwrap" package for unwrappable languages (Japanese)

2023-08-30 Thread Peter J. Holzer via Python-list
On 2023-08-30 13:18:25 +, c.buhtz--- via Python-list wrote: > Am 30.08.2023 14:07 schrieb Peter J. Holzer via Python-list: > > another caveat: Japanese characters are usually double-width. So > > (unless your line length is 130 characters for English) you would > > want to add that line break e

Re: Using "textwrap" package for unwrappable languages (Japanese)

2023-08-30 Thread c.buhtz--- via Python-list
Dear Peter, thanks for your reply. That is a very interesting topic. I was a bit wrong. I realized that textwrap.wrap() do insert linebreaks when "words" are to long. So even a string without any blank space well get wrapped. Am 30.08.2023 14:07 schrieb Peter J. Holzer via Python-list: anot

Re: Using "textwrap" package for unwrappable languages (Japanese)

2023-08-30 Thread Peter J. Holzer via Python-list
On 2023-08-30 11:32:02 +, c.buhtz--- via Python-list wrote: > I do use "textwrap" package to wrap longer texts passages. Works well with > English. > But the source string used is translated via gettext before it is wrapped. > > Using languages like Japanese or Chinese would IMHO result in unw

Using "textwrap" package for unwrappable languages (Japanese)

2023-08-30 Thread c.buhtz--- via Python-list
Hi, I do use "textwrap" package to wrap longer texts passages. Works well with English. But the source string used is translated via gettext before it is wrapped. Using languages like Japanese or Chinese would IMHO result in unwrapped text. Japanese rules do allow to break a line nearly wher