From: trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2009-09-24T23:03:22+09:00
Subject: Re: How do you limit the line length of the output commands? Where is 	pqueue library documented?



On Sep 23, 5:59 pm, Mason Kelsey <masonkel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There must be an easy way to solve the problem of controlling the length of
> the output line, forcing the rest into a line break.  In the puts code
> example below, I want to break between every 10 methods or just go to a new
> line after every 60 characters that get displayed so they don't run off the
> screen.
>
> First Question: What is an easy way to modify the below puts code to control
> line length without truncation?
>
> require "pqueue"
> pq=PQueue.new(proc{|x,y| x[0][0]<y[0][0]})
> puts pq.methods.join(', ')  # Displays the methods of PQueue Class
>
> I've a tried puts, print, and p and they never do a word wrap or such.  Is
> there a secret parameter for controlling the line length before word wrap
> occurs in these commands?
>
> Second question: The pqueue library is not documented inhttp://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/<http://www.ruby-doc.org/>.  Is there a
> reason for that?  Or is it cleverly hidden in a class that doesn't seem to
> have anything to do with priority queues?

I've been transitioning to GitHub, and thanks to your question, this
morning I got the Grancher plugin for my build system running, so now
you can find it here:

  http://rubyworks.github.com/pqueue/

Thanks,
T.