Implement multi-line display of multi-line items

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/chars.go b/src/util/chars.go
index f84d365f..7c706ae8 100644
--- a/src/util/chars.go
+++ b/src/util/chars.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
@@ -74,6 +75,35 @@ func (chars *Chars) Bytes() []byte {
 	return chars.slice
 }
 
+func (chars *Chars) NumLines(atMost int) int {
+	lines := 1
+	if runes := chars.optionalRunes(); runes != nil {
+		for _, r := range runes {
+			if r == '\n' {
+				lines++
+			}
+			if lines >= atMost {
+				return atMost
+			}
+		}
+		return lines
+	}
+
+	for idx := 0; idx < len(chars.slice); idx++ {
+		found := bytes.IndexByte(chars.slice[idx:], '\n')
+		if found < 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		idx += found
+		lines++
+		if lines >= atMost {
+			return atMost
+		}
+	}
+	return lines
+}
+
 func (chars *Chars) optionalRunes() []rune {
 	if chars.inBytes {
 		return nil