Re: Is it possible to preserve extra line breaks when using [input-xml: yes] [indent: yes]

Hi,

Tidy re-formats its input and discards any incoming line breaks.
Therefore, it does not do what you want.

Regards,

On 28/04/2009, Robert Parks <robertjparks@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tested: vertical-space:true
>
> It seems like this adds arbitrary line breaks. I am trying to have it
> preserve the line breaks that already exist in the file.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Arnaud Desitter
> <arnaud02@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Try http://tidy.sourceforge.net/docs/quickref.html#vertical-space
> > Regards,
> >
> > On 28/04/2009, Robert Parks <robertjparks@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Say xml input is:
> >>
> >> <root>
> >> <a><b>c</b></a>
> >>
> >> <a><b>c</b></a>
> >> </root>
> >>
> >> When I run with:
> >> input-xml: yes
> >> indent:yes
> >> indent-spaces:2
> >>
> >> It strips the newlines:
> >> <root>
> >>  <a>
> >>    <b>c</b>
> >>  </a>
> >>  <a>
> >>    <b>c</b>
> >>  </a>
> >> </root>
> >>
> >> I would rather have the output to be:
> >>
> >> <root>
> >>  <a>
> >>    <b>c</b>
> >>  </a>
> >>
> >>  <a>
> >>    <b>c</b>
> >>  </a>
> >> </root>
> >>
> >> Is there an parameter I can set so it preserves extra newlines? I am
> >> trying to copy the behavior of MS Visual Studio 2008.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

Received on Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:39:48 UTC