add a useless continuation char option

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/format.py b/format.py
index 7873494..e226a5d 100755
--- a/format.py
+++ b/format.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ def wrap_text_block(text, max_width, forbid_dangling_chars=False,
 
     return lines
 
-def format_hint(hint, hint_id, langs, max_width=MAX_WIDTH, indent=INDENT):
+def format_hint(hint, hint_id, langs, max_width=MAX_WIDTH, indent=INDENT,
+                continuation_char=' '):
     lines = []
 
     for lang in langs:
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ def format_hint(hint, hint_id, langs, max_width=MAX_WIDTH, indent=INDENT):
 
                 lines.extend(' ' * indent + l for l in block)
 
+    lines = [continuation_char + l[1:] if l[0] == ' ' else l for l in lines]
+
     return '\n'.join(lines)
 
 hints = json.load((here / 'hints.json').open())
@@ -107,7 +110,9 @@ hints = json.load((here / 'hints.json').open())
 @click.command()
 @click.option('-i', '--hint-id', default='-1', type=click.types.INT,
               show_default=True, help='which hint to format (-1 for random)')
-def main(hint_id):
+@click.option('-c', '--continuation-char', default=' ', type=click.types.STRING,
+              show_default=True, help='how to start indented lines')
+def main(hint_id, continuation_char):
     if hint_id == -1:
         [(hint_id, hint)] = random.sample([*hints.items()], 1)
     else:
@@ -118,7 +123,8 @@ def main(hint_id):
             print("No such hint!", file=sys.stderr)
             return sys.exit(1)
 
-    print(format_hint(hint, hint_id, [*hint['name'].keys()]))
+    print(format_hint(hint, hint_id, [*hint['name'].keys()],
+                      continuation_char=continuation_char[0]))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()