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diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm
index b9ba8c0f7a..a469494d78 100644
--- a/guix/ui.scm
+++ b/guix/ui.scm
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
read/eval
read/eval-package-expression
check-available-space
+ indented-string
fill-paragraph
%text-width
texi->plain-text
@@ -1206,6 +1207,23 @@ replacement if PORT is not Unicode-capable."
(lambda ()
body ...)))))
+(define* (indented-string str indent
+ #:key (initial-indent? #t))
+ "Return STR with each newline preceded by IDENT spaces. When
+INITIAL-INDENT? is true, the first line is also indented."
+ (define indent-string
+ (make-list indent #\space))
+
+ (list->string
+ (string-fold-right (lambda (chr result)
+ (if (eqv? chr #\newline)
+ (cons chr (append indent-string result))
+ (cons chr result)))
+ '()
+ (if initial-indent?
+ (string-append (list->string indent-string) str)
+ str))))
+
(define* (fill-paragraph str width #:optional (column 0))
"Fill STR such that each line contains at most WIDTH characters, assuming
that the first character is at COLUMN.