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My computer refuses to add spaces between lines. I don't know why? Yes, I'm really pissed right now, Arecee
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computer or editor?
Do you have more than one editor you can use?
The symptom sounds like the editor is set for un*x compatibility, or similar, wherein lines are ended with only the character (dec. "13") but no (dec. "10").
"Extra Lines"
One can always finesse the problem by adding proper HTML codes for the paragraphs only e.g. <p>Sample Line</p> <p>Sample Line</p> <p>Sample Line</p>
Alternatively:
<p>Sample Line</p>
<p>Sample Line</p>
<p>Sample Line</p>
When the BC engine sees this, it will handle the intention correctly:
Sample Line
Sample Line
Sample Line
Note that one doesn't have to add any linefeeds or carriage returns at all.
I personally use a macro programme called Typinator, but Keyboard Maestro and many other alternatives exist.
The same technique can be used for anything that one types fairly often. One can use it, for example, to insert a nicely-formatted title box on your stories:
TITLE
by AUTHOR
SUBTITLE
BLURB
<table>
<tr>
<td><img src="XXX" alt="[IMAGE: DESCRIPTION GOES HERE]" width="000" height="000" hspace="10"/></td>
<td>
<h1>TITLE</h1>
<h2><i>by AUTHOR</i></h2>
<h5>SUBTITLE</h5>
<p>BLURB</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Note: the BC Engine actually doesn't require the final </p> tag, but it's a bad habit to get into.
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style
Seamonkey.
I use the oddly named Seamonkey (the bit of the Mozilla project with everything thrown in, Firefox meets Thunderbird) and use it's Composer, because it allows me to flip between WYSIWYG ("Normal") mode typical of things like Microsoft Word, and a raw HTML mode. So I can make it look how I want on-screen, then flip to HTML view and cut & paste out into BC.
Oh, and if you just add the
's in HTML mode, when you flip back to Normal mode it adds the
's that you missed. Gold! :-)