Indigo Domotics

Hi,
Is there a way to calculate line breaks to a fixed with in a control page using this plugin?
I'm specifically looking at automatically adding line breaks to weather+ worded forecast strings that usually a string far too long to fit on a control page -especially on an iPhone.
Is this possible?
If not, Is there any other plugin that can do this?

Thank you

The Matplotlib plugin has a Multiline Text Device that generates image files of long strings. It doesn't automatically detect line breaks--rather it splits the text based on a number of characters listed in the device's configuration settings.

Thanks, but I was hoping for a text based solution, as I need to have different length text strings in different layouts - each layout having 10 strings that needs to have line breaks

Is there a way to calculate line breaks to a fixed wi[d]th in a control page using this plugin?

I'm specifically looking at automatically adding line breaks...

I need to have different length text strings in different layouts - each layout having 10 strings that needs to have line breaks

Can you elaborate? It's difficult to understand exactly what you're trying to accomplish. Please be specific.

The fmt command will do what you want. However, getting your text into and back from fmt may be non-trivial. It really depends on your data source and how you get the text to the control page. But, for a example, it would be fairly simple to pipe the output of some command to fmt, and then save the results in an Indigo variable by using a RESTapi call.

For more information do “man fmt” in a terminal window.