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manpage(FBB::OFoldStream)(3bobcat)(_CurYrs_)(libbobcat-dev__CurVers_-x.tar.gz)
                    (Fold long lines)

manpagename(FBB::OFoldStream)(Folds long lines)

manpagesynopsis()
    bf(#include <bobcat/ofoldstream>)nl()
    Linking option: tt(-lbobcat) 

manpagedescription()
    bf(FBB::OFoldStream) folds long lines written to it. The
tt(OFoldStream) writes the (folded) lines to a second tt(ostream) which is
either used by or opened by the tt(OFoldStream) object.

    tt(OFoldStream) objects never fold lines in the middle of series of
non-blank characters but will always break a line at white space
characters. The resulting lines will always appear to the right of a
configurable left margin and to the left of a configurable right margin. There
is a somewhat pathological exception to this: if a word is too long to fit in
between the margins then the word will exceed the right hand margin.

    The indentation used for the left margins is configurable to either blanks
(the default) or tabs. When tabs are used the width of a tab character is
configurable, using a default of 8 positions in the destination stream.

    tt(OFoldStream) is implemented as a wrapper class around tt(std::ostream)
and tt(FBB::OFoldStreambuf) and a more complete description of the folding
process can be found in the bf(ofoldstreambuf)(3bobcat) man page.

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manpagesection(INHERITS FROM)
    std::ostream,nl()
    (and privately from FBB::OFoldStreambuf)

manpagesection(ENUMERATION)
    The enumeration tt(TabsOrBlanks) is used to select tabs or blanks when
writing the indentation. The default is blanks. When tabs are selected the
display width of tabs characters can be configured as well (using the default
of 8 positions for each tab-character). The enumeration has two values:
    itemization(
    itb(BLANKS)
        The default, indicating that the left margin is specified and written
as a number of blanks;
    itb(TABS)
        Indicating that the left margin is specified and written as a number
of tab-characters.
    )

    The enumeration tt(TrailingBlanks) is used to configure the
tt(OFoldStream) object with respect to any trailing blanks that may appear
on the final line. It is the same enumeration type as used with
tt(OFoldStreambuf) (cf. bf(ofoldstreambuf)(3bobcat)) having two values:
    itemization(
    itb(IGNORE_TRAILING_BLANKS)
        This indicates that trailing blanks appearing at the final line if it
is not terminated by a newline should not be written to the destination
tt(std::ostream). This is the default used by tt(OFoldStream) objects.
    itb(KEEP_TRAILING_BLANKS)
        This indicates that trailing blanks at the final line if it is not
terminated by a newline should be written to the destination tt(std::ostream)
    )

manpagesection(CONSTRUCTORS)
    itemization(
    itb(OFoldStream())
        This constructor initializes an tt(OFoldStream) object but does not
associate it with a destination stream. It uses the values 0, 80, tt(BLANKS),
and tt(IGNORE_TRAILING_BLANKS)for, resp. its left margin, right margin
left-margin characters and tt(TrailingBlanks) handling mode.

    itb(OFoldStream(char const *fname,
                   size_t leftIndent = 0, size_t rightMargin = 80,
                    TabsOrBlanks tob = BLANKS,
                   TrailingBlanks tb = IGNORE_TRAILING_BLANKS))
    This constructor initializes an tt(OFoldStream) object and opens (using
tt(std::ios::out)) the destination stream using the name specified as its
tt(fname) argument. 

    itb(OFoldStream(std::ostream &stream,
                   size_t leftIndent = 0, size_t rightMargin = 80,
                    TabsOrBlanks tob = BLANKS,
                   TrailingBlanks tb = IGNORE_TRAILING_BLANKS))
    This constructor initializes an tt(OFoldStream) object and uses as its
destination stream the tt(std::ostream stream).
    )

    The destructor writes any buffered information to the destination stream
and will then flush the destination stream.

manpagesection(MEMBER FUNCTIONS)
     All members of bf(std::ostream) are available, as bf(FBB::OFoldStream)
inherits from this class.
    itemization(
    itb(void close())
        This member flushes any pending information to the destination stream
and then closes the destination stream.

    itb(void open(char const *fname, openmode mode = std::ios::out))
        This member associates the tt(OFilterStream) object with an
tt(std::ofstream) object whose filename is provided and that should receive
the folded information.
        
    itb(void open(std::ostream &out))
        This member associates the tt(OFilterStream) object with the provided
tt(ostream) object.

    itb(void setMargins(size_t leftMargin, size_t rightMargin))
        This member can be used to modify the left- and right folding
margins. Note that the left margin may also be modified using the tt(FBB::lm)
and tt(FBB::mlm) manipulators.

    itb(void setTrailingBlanks(TrailingBlanks tb))
        This member can be used to modify the currently used
tt(TrailingBlanks) parameter.

    itb(void useBlanks())
        This member can be used to select blanks  to be used when inserting
left margins.

    itb(void useTabs(size_t tabWidth = 8))
        This member can be used to select tab-characters to be used when
inserting left margins. The second parameter is used to specify the display
width of a tab-character.
    )

manpagesection(STATIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS)

    itemization(
    itb(size_t leftMargin(std::ostream const &os))
        This member returns the current left margin setting of the
tt(OFoldStream) object passed to it as its argument. The member defines a
tt(std::ostream) parameter since in many cases the tt(OFoldStream) object will
be used in functions themselves defining tt(std::ostream)
parameters. Internally, the tt(std::ostream)'s tt(std::streambuf) is down cast
to an tt(OFoldStreambuf) and an tt(FBB::Exception) exception is thrown if that
cast fails.
    itb(size_t rightMargin(std::ostream const &os))
        This member returns the current right margin setting of the
tt(OFoldStream) object passed to it as its argument. The member's parameter is
down cast in the same way as tt(leftMargin())'s argument: an tt(FBB::Exception)
exception is thrown if that cast fails.
    )

manpagesection(EXAMPLE)
    verbinclude(../../ofoldstream/driver/driver.cc)

manpagefiles()
    em(bobcat/ofoldstream) - defines the class interface

manpageseealso()
    bf(bobcat)(7),  bf(lm)(3bobcat), bf(mlm)(3bobcat),
    bf(ofoldstreambuf)(3bobcat)

manpagebugs()
    None Reported.

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