On 8/15/01 11:05 PM, "George Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/15/01 20:45, Dan Crevier wrote:
>
>> Can you provide an example?
>>
>> Do you mean
>> text
>> like
>> this?
>
> Yes, it works with your example because there are more than two spaces at
> the beginning of the indented lines. But if the indent is one or two spaces,
> the indent is not preserved. Try replying to this:
>
> This is normal text
> here there is one space
> this line is preceded with two spaces
> now there are three
>
> The third line will be indented, but the second and third won't be. Indent
> should be preserved no matter how many (or few!) spaces are used.
>
You're right. (You meant the fourth line, the one with three spaces before
it, would be indented.) The second and third lines instead of having their
extra spaces added to the "> " like the first, fourth and all subsequent
lines, absorb the extra characters within their non-indent instead.
Very perceptive, George.
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