Rob said on Sun, 23 May 2021 13:27:30 -0700 (PDT) >Thanks for the reply. > >What meaning could possibly be assigned to trailing whitespace? What >> purpose could trailing whitespace have? > > >The trailing white space serves a very specific purpose for me. I'm >not writing computer code, I'm writing documents. After running my >script, I have to manually go in and add back the blank lines between >sections (paragraphs, etc.)
Ooohhh, you meant blank lines. I thought "blank" meant the space character. I agree with you that any software stripping out blank lines would make my life a lot harder. I don't know whether you mean it strips out blank lines within body text, or whether it fails to insert a blank line between headlines. Either way, you could end the line that should be followed by a blank with an easily parsed and never-used string, and then run a simple script that, on the back end, converts that string to a newline. In Linux I'd use AWK to do that, in Windows I'd use Python. It's simple. I can write such a script for you if you tell me the string. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/20210523181842.02b7e16e%40mydesk.domain.cxm.
