Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Quote/doc

local p = {}

-- Main function for processing quote text
function p.process(frame)
    local raw = frame.args.text or frame.args[1] or ""
    if raw == "" then return "" end

    -- Optional: restore pipes/equals if you replace them earlier in template
    -- raw = raw:gsub("__EQUALS__", "=")

    -- Step 1: Remove continuation hyphens ( - at end of line, possibly with spaces)
    -- Matches: optional spaces, then -, then optional spaces, then newline
    local text = raw:gsub("%s*%-+%s*\n", " ")

    -- Step 2: Replace any remaining single newlines with space (join lines into paragraph)
    text = text:gsub("\n", " ")

    -- Step 3: Collapse multiple spaces into one
    text = text:gsub("%s+", " ")

    -- Step 4: Trim leading/trailing space
    text = text:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")

    return text
end

-- Alternative function if you want to PRESERVE deliberate line breaks (e.g. for poetry)
-- Use this if you want newlines → <br />, but still remove continuation hyphens
function p.processWithBreaks(frame)
    local raw = frame.args.text or frame.args[1] or ""
    if raw == "" then return "" end

    -- Remove continuation hyphens, join those lines seamlessly
    local text = raw:gsub("%s*%-+%s*\r?\n", "")

    -- Convert remaining newlines to <br /> for use inside <poem> or directly
    text = text:gsub("\r?\n", "<br />")

    return text
end

return p