dave.m wrote:


> I need to center the license text in a TextEdit Window, this widget
> is 55 char large.
> I split the file in lines of 55 char:
>
>
> The problem 1 (tab related) is in centred input:
> in:
> [  tab  space  ]   Gnu Gpl      [  tab  space ]| <- 70 char
>                                                |
> out:
> [  tab  space  ]   Gnu Gpl      [  tab ]| <- 55 char
>
> So the output text is right aligned.
> How can i center the text in a 55 char space?
>
>
> The problem 2 (\n related) is in carriage return:
> in:
> bla bla bla ...................................bl
> a
> out:
> bla bla bla ...
> bl
> a
>
> Should i delete all "\n" that not follow a '.'?
>

No.
I think you should reformat gpl.txt in a text editor
so that it's exactly the way you want it to look.
Then display your new file in the widget ??

Otherwise you will be writing a text formatter ;)


daz