method

block_format

v7.0.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionMailer::MailHelper

block_format(text)

public

Take the text and format it, indented two spaces for each line, and wrapped at 72 columns:

text = <<-TEXT
  This is
  the      paragraph.

  * item1 * item2
TEXT

block_format text
# => "  This is the paragraph.\n\n  * item1\n  * item2\n"

# File actionmailer/lib/action_mailer/mail_helper.rb, line 20
    def block_format(text)
      formatted = text.split(/\n\r?\n/).collect { |paragraph|
        format_paragraph(paragraph)
      }.join("\n\n")

      # Make list points stand on their own line
      formatted.gsub!(/[ ]*([*]+) ([^*]*)/) { "  #{$1} #{$2.strip}\n" }
      formatted.gsub!(/[ ]*([#]+) ([^#]*)/) { "  #{$1} #{$2.strip}\n" }

      formatted
    end

block_format

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