On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Kluin <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a guess here, but try wrapping the contents in a <pre> tag. Probably > they newlines are not getting displayed by the browser, have you "viewed > source" to see if they are there? > > print '<pre>%s</pre>' % mymodel.directions
This is correct. The HTML spec defines that newlines in the HTML source are only for making the source easier to work with and should not be displayed to the page. The pre tag says to render the content verbatim, newlines and all. You normally handle newlines by use of div/pre/etc... > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Charlie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am new to using Google App Engine and am having trouble with >> textproperty(). How do I keep the formatting when someone submits >> something? >> >> example: >> Directions: >> 1.Turn left >> 2. Turn right >> 3. Go straight >> >> Then I submit, and when I view it on the page, it turns out like this. >> >> Directions: >> 1.Turn left 2. Turn right 3. Go straight. >> >> Thanks for help. >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
