[Moin-user] Re: Re: line break [[BR]] can be replaced with simple \n???

Alexander Schremmer 2004b at usenet.alexanderweb.de
Mon Jan 31 12:53:53 EST 2005


On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:47:46 -0700, Dean Hiller wrote:

>> No, like in any other sensible text system (even like Microsoft Word): you
>> should seldom use hard line breaks but divide your texts into paragraphs.
>> If you use paragraphs, the break happens automatically. You can easily make
>> paragraphs by having an empty line between the text lines.
>> If you think that there are other things that need hard line breaks, tell
>> us.

> yes, I do think there maybe cases.  Using the pattern of use cases Craig
> Larman follows in "Applying UML and Patterns", I wrote this up
> 
> https://pro5.abac.com/deanhiller/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/UseCases

I reformatted the page. Look at it now. I think it is clearer, in raw and
rendered form. And it does not use a single hard break.

> I really liked the style.  In Mic. Word, hitting
> enter results in a new line break

No, it results in the end of the paragraph :-/

> enter + tab results in new paragraph without a line space in between

Do you mean Enter + Shift? That

> paragraphs which can be annoying sometimes.(unless you configure word 
> differently of course as that is configurable).

... does not result in a paragraph but in a hard line break.

Kind regards,
Alexander





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