Buddy-System

Created by: ajkochanowicz

Demo

Demo (jQuery)

Avoids single words breaking onto the last line of text.

Install

npm install buddy-system

Require in node (currently only supported as a jquery plugin)

var $ = require('jquery');
require('buddy-system')($); <----- Attaches itself to the jquery object

Usage

Without jQuery

Use dist/buddysystem.js and simply pass in an array of objects into buddySystem()

objs = document.getElementsByClassName('corrected')
buddySystem(objs)

With jQuery

Use dist/buddysystem.jquery.js after jQuery and $.buddySystem() on any element or elements.

$('.corrected').buddySystem()

How it works

Because you don't need yet another library in your app to do something so simple, this code snippet has been golfed to be as small as possible.

BuddySystem looks for the last space in a phrase like this one

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains

And replaces it with  , causing the last two words to be parsed as one...holding hands together, the buddy system.

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains

Of course, because   is unicode markup for a non-breaking space, the text will appear as:

"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains"

If the line breaks after the last "the".

Want to contribute?

git clone https://github.com/olsonpm/buddy-system.git
cd buddy-system
npm install
make test
// dev your heart out