Undo wrapping at 78-character line length

unwrap.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import sys
import fileinput

lines = list(fileinput.input())
lines = [l.strip('\r\n') for l in lines]

for i, l in enumerate(lines):
    # We need to account for 8-char-wide tabulators when calculating our line
    # length
    sanitized_line = l.replace('\t', ' '*8)

    # Is there a next line?
    if i+1 < len(lines):
        sanitized_next_line = lines[i+1].replace('\t', ' '*8)
    else:
        sanitized_next_line = ''

    next_line_first_word = sanitized_next_line.split(' ', 1)[0]

    if next_line_first_word != '':
        extended_line = sanitized_line + ' ' + next_line_first_word
    else:
        extended_line = sanitized_line

    if len(sanitized_line) <= 78 and len(extended_line) > 74:
        # This line was wrapped due to 78-char limit => unwrap it!
        sys.stdout.write(l + ' ')
    else:
        sys.stdout.write(l + '\n')