[sextante] wrap long lines in help file

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 A short guide for creating and editing GRASS algorithms for SEXTANTE:
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-Each GRASS command, to be executed from a SEXTANTE element such as the toolbox or the graphical modeler, needs to be described to let SEXTANTE know the inputs required by the commands, the output it generates and the parameters that are used to configure it. Each command is described in a separate text file, although some commands might be split in several algorithms, needing thus several files and adding more than one new entry to the algorithms list of SEXTANTE. Splitting a grassc ommand is usually done because SEXTANTE does not support optional parameters, so it will call GRASS using all parameters defined in the description file.
-
-Here is an explanation of the content of these descriptions files, so you can create you own ones or edit current ones to improve them.
+Each GRASS command, to be executed from a SEXTANTE element such as the toolbox
+or the graphical modeler, needs to be described to let SEXTANTE know the inputs
+required by the commands, the output it generates and the parameters that are
+used to configure it. Each command is described in a separate text file, although
+some commands might be split in several algorithms, needing thus several files
+and adding more than one new entry to the algorithms list of SEXTANTE. Splitting
+a grassc ommand is usually done because SEXTANTE does not support optional
+parameters, so it will call GRASS using all parameters defined in the description
+file.
+
+Here is an explanation of the content of these descriptions files, so you can
+create you own ones or edit current ones to improve them.
 
 Each file starts with three lines containing:
 
--The name of the grass command to call to execute the algorithm (e.g. v.buffer)
--The name of the algorithm to show to the user. This is usually the same as the grass command, but it can be different
--The name of the group where you want the command to appear
+ - The name of the grass command to call to execute the algorithm (e.g. v.buffer)
+ - The name of the algorithm to show to the user. This is usually the same as the
+   GRASS command, but it can be different
+ - The name of the group where you want the command to appear
 
-After this three lines, a variable number of lines appear, describing all inputs and ouputs. Here is a brief explanation of the format of these lines, depending on the type of parameter or output to be described. All declarations are contained in a single line, with elements separated by the symbol "|"
+After this three lines, a variable number of lines appear, describing all inputs
+and ouputs. Here is a brief explanation of the format of these lines, depending
+on the type of parameter or output to be described. All declarations are contained
+in a single line, with elements separated by the symbol "|"
 
--A raster layer
+- A raster layer
 ParameterRaster|base|base|False
 
 ParameterRaster|[name of GRASS parameter]|[description of parameter to show]|True/False, indicating if the parameter is optional or not
 
 Example: ParameterRaster|base|base|False
 
--A vector layer
+- A vector layer
 
 ParameterVector|[name of GRASS parameter]|[description of parameter to shown]|[A number indicating the type of geometry]|True/False, indicating if the parameter is optional or not
 
@@ -33,62 +46,69 @@ To indicate the type of geometry, use the following values:
 1: lines
 2: polygons
 
--A numerical value
+- A numerical value
 
 ParameterNumericalValue|[name of GRASS parameter]|[description of parameter to show]|[min value]|[max value]|[default value]
 
-"None" can be used for both min and max values to indicate that there is no lower or upper limit.
+"None" can be used for both min and max values to indicate that there is no lower
+or upper limit.
 
-If the default value is written as a real number (i.e. it contains a decimal point, even if it is an integer value like 4.0), the parameter can take any value, including decimal ones. If it is written as an integer (i.e. 4), the parameter is assumed to accept only integer values
+If the default value is written as a real number (i.e. it contains a decimal
+point, even if it is an integer value like 4.0), the parameter can take any value,
+including decimal ones. If it is written as an integer (i.e. 4), the parameter is
+assumed to accept only integer values
 
 Example: ParameterNumber|levels|levels|1|256|32
 
--A string
+- A string
 
 ParameterString|[name of GRASS parameter]|[description of parameter to show]|[default value]
 
--A value to select from a list
+- A value to select from a list
 
 ParameterSelection|[name of GRASS parameter]|[description of parameter to show]|[list of possible values, separated by semicolons]|[zero-based index of default value]
 
--A boolean value
+- A boolean value
 
 Example: ParameterBoolean|-c|-c|True
 
--Outputs
+- Outputs
 
 All outputs are added with the following syntax:
 
 [type of output]|[name of GRASS output]|[description of output to show]
 
 The following types are available
 
-	-OutputRaster
-	-OutputVector
-	-OutputTable
-	-OutputFile (for any file that is not a layer or table of a format supported by QGIS)
+  -OutputRaster
+  -OutputVector
+  -OutputTable
+  -OutputFile (for any file that is not a layer or table of a format supported by QGIS)
 
 
--Advanced parameters
+- Advanced parameters
 
 to tag a parameter as "advanced", just add "*" before its declaration. For instance:
 
 *ParameterBoolean|-c|-c|True
 
 
 ADVANCED OUTPUT PROCESSING
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+--------------------------
 
-In some cases, it might be interesting to take the console otput from GRASS and extract a part of it for saving or formatting.
+In some cases, it might be interesting to take the console otput from GRASS and
+extract a part of it for saving or formatting.
 
 Two things can be done about this:
 
--Creating an HTML file with output. Just add an output of type OutputHTML. 
-It's value will not be passed to GRASS, but you can use it later to create the HTML file from the console output. 
-You should create a python file in the grass/ext package, with the same name as the grass module, with dots replaced by low hyphens
-(for instance r_quantile.py for the r.quantile command), and add a postProcessResults(alg) method. It will be called when the 
-execution of the GRASS command is finished.
--Creating a text file. Do as above, but adding an otput of type OutputFile. Since some GRASS commands might use this type of output, 
-and to make sure that the value of this output is not passed to the GRASS comman when calling it, the output has to be named 'outputtext'
-
-
+ - Creating an HTML file with output. Just add an output of type OutputHTML.
+   It's value will not be passed to GRASS, but you can use it later to create the
+   HTML file from the console output. You should create a python file in the
+   grass/ext package, with the same name as the grass module, with dots replaced
+   by low hyphens (for instance r_quantile.py for the r.quantile command), and
+   add a postProcessResults(alg) method. It will be called when the execution of
+   the GRASS command is finished.
+ - Creating a text file. Do as above, but adding an otput of type OutputFile.
+   Since some GRASS commands might use this type of output, and to make sure that
+   the value of this output is not passed to the GRASS comman when calling it,
+   the output has to be named 'outputtext'