Calculate line break in multiline text in control pages

[ParMan]

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

[DaveL17]

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.

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[ParMan]

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

[DaveL17]

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.

[berkinet]

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.