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diff --git a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst index 243e43c..a18a801 100644 --- a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst +++ b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ instance and calling a single method on it. That instance is not reused, so for applications that wrap/fill many text strings, it will be more efficient for you to create your own :class:`TextWrapper` object. +Text is preferably wrapped on whitespaces and right after the hyphens in +hyphenated words; only then will long words be broken if necessary, unless +:attr:`TextWrapper.break_long_words` is set to false. + An additional utility function, :func:`dedent`, is provided to remove indentation from strings that have unwanted whitespace to the left of the text. @@ -167,10 +171,22 @@ indentation from strings that have unwanted whitespace to the left of the text. than :attr:`width`. (Long words will be put on a line by themselves, in order to minimize the amount by which :attr:`width` is exceeded.) + + .. attribute:: break_on_hyphens + + (default: ``True``) If true, wrapping will occur preferably on whitespaces + and right after hyphens in compound words, as it is customary in English. + If false, only whitespaces will be considered as potentially good places + for line breaks, but you need to set :attr:`break_long_words` to false if + you want truly insecable words. Default behaviour in previous versions + was to always allow breaking hyphenated words. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6 + + :class:`TextWrapper` also provides two public methods, analogous to the module-level convenience functions: - .. method:: wrap(text) Wraps the single paragraph in *text* (a string) so every line is at most |