#include "defs.h"

/* globals are bad...  any ideas? */
string pre;
string sofar;
int blanks;  /* 1 for skipblanks, -1 for expand */

main(arg) {
  string tmp;

  SECURE
  if(!arg)
    FAIL("Usage: manyline [-sb|-cb] <main>  "
        +"(-sb to skip blank lines, -cb to convert blanks to \".\")\n");
  if(sscanf(arg,"-sb %s",tmp)==1) {
    pre=tmp;
    blanks=1;
    write("Give '**' to stop.  (skipping blank lines)\n]");
  } else if(sscanf(arg,"-cb %s",tmp)==1) {
    pre=tmp;
    blanks=-1;
    write("Give '**' to stop.  (converting blank lines)\n]");
  } else {
    pre=arg;
    blanks=0;
    write("Give '**' to stop.\n]");
  }
  sofar="";
  input_to("do_it");
  return 1;
}
 
static do_it(str){
  string cmd;
  if(str=="**") return command(pre+" "+sofar,this_player());
  if(blanks==-1 && str=="") sofar+="\n";
  else if(blanks!=1 || str!="") sofar+=str+"\n";
  write("]");
  input_to("do_it");
}