def format_paragraphs(text, preserve_lines=False):
"""Convert text to HTML paragraphs.
``text``:
the text to convert. Split into paragraphs at blank lines (i.e.,
wherever two or more consecutive newlines appear), and wrap each
paragraph in a <p>.
``preserve_lines``:
If true, add <br /> before each single line break
"""
if text is None:
return literal("")
text = lit_sub(_universal_newline_rx, "\n", text)
paragraphs = _paragraph_rx.split(text)
for i, para in enumerate(paragraphs):
if preserve_lines:
para = HTML(para)
para = para.replace("\n", br)
paragraphs[i] = HTML.p(para)
return "\n\n".join(paragraphs)
def no_records(self):
return _HTML.p(_('No records to display'), class_='no-records')
