Reflow script for txt files

[neurocyp]

Hi,
I usually read with "txt" files, and it finally occured to me, that I can write script, that could permanently reflow a file, I would like to read.

I installed it into extensions.cfg file, so the txt file I have configured as:

txt:@Text_file:1:fbreader.app,cr3.app,reflow.app,fbreader180.app:ICON_TXT

Now i can use "run with" function in the explorer, and pick "reflow", and I would have a file reflown. The script makes backup file, which would it refuse to overwrite

btw, It also strips "\r" characters

have, fun anyway,
and regards
Cyprian

[JimMcLaren]

I could have used this recently but instead used Calibre to create epubs from the text files I wanted to read. It does a passable job on about 3/4 of the files I read and it usually makes a pretty good attempt at creating a table of contents. The few times it fails to create a good epub, the text is centered on the page which I find hard to read.

Thanks for doing this. Yet another tool to read with on these great readers.

[neurocyp]

I'm thinking about doing fewo changes, so we wuld have different reflow modes, with different line breaking mode. I would use new fbreader, but using large text files with fbreader180 is not such a good idea, as it looses pages, that is why i started this script

[neurocyp]

Hi,
I've updated the reflow script,
what you have to do is unzip the script into:
/system/share/reflow.sh
I added comments, so anybody, could easily understand and modify it.

regards
Cyprian

[paola]

thanks!

[neurocyp]

Ok, this is probably the last update.
Here is a new version, with undo.
You can run reflow.app against the same file over and over again, and then undo.
Install it in your extensions, then press ok for a while on a text file, and pick "reflow" or "undo".
There is an example text file, that was processed by the script, it is a book from project gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23428/pg23428.txt


The reflowing script consists of 3 parts:
1. shell script, that controls the process
2. awk script that is run before actual reflowing
3. awk reflow script

It can recognise various types of entries, for eg. input lines like these below:
THIS IS ONLY UPPERCASE
1. this is punctation
1 this is punctation
123.
1023 Index ............ 12
would be always be not modified in output.


**** INSTALLATION
Unzip the archive in your /system directory in the internal memory.

To install this script in your pocketbook edit file:
system/config/extensions.cfg
find the line beginning with:
txt:@Text_file:1:
and add
reflow.app,undo.app
before
:ICON_TXT

my entry is for eg. this:

txt:@Text_file:1:fbreader.app,reflow.app,undo.app:ICON_TXT

Scripts controlling the process:

reflow.app - txt file reflow, it supports multi undo action
undo.app - undo last reflow (just add to config)

Awk scripts:

reflow.awk - the main script, that does the processing.
stat_text.awk is preanalisis, you can extend it whater you want


just try it yourself

[paola]

super: thanks!