Paragraphs (or lack thereof?)

JaimeZX · 08-07-2012, 10:28 AM

Sometimes when I post in this forum everything acts perfectly normal._ _ I hit return an text goes to the next line, just as I expect._ _ But SOMETIMES when I post, all the returns get removed when I post and my comments become one giant block of text._ _ WHAT IS GOING ON? It drives me batty!_ _ Is there some software rule governing this? If I understood the rule I could work around it. Meanwhile, half the time I have to put my text in [html ] tags and use < br > to insert carriage returns._ _ Help from a mod?_ _ _(Note - everywhere you see an underscore I hit return but that was deleted.)

wildo · 08-07-2012, 10:30 AM

If you put your text within an html block and hit return without adding a <br /> tag, then the newline will not (usually) be honored.

I hit enter twice to get to this line.

[EDIT]- there isn't any reason to put text in an html block under normal circumstances, btw. Though perhaps you know that and the html block was just your workaround for the odd carriage return issue.

JaimeZX · 08-07-2012, 10:37 AM

Yes. I only used the [html ] so I could force the line breaks because the forum doesn't seem to honor them otherwise. *dunno*

**jocoyn** · 08-07-2012, 10:42 AM

I do not know.

I have never had a problem but I always do hit enter twice for the whitespace.

No html stuff or anything like that just typing in the text box.

paulag1955 · 08-07-2012, 10:42 AM

That's weird. I've never had a problem like that with any forum. And do we date ourselves by talking about carriage returns rather than hard returns?

wildo · 08-07-2012, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by paulag1955

And do we date ourselves by talking about carriage returns rather than hard returns?

I hope not because I'm not old enough to have ever used a typewriter!

I do recall (maybe) using something like CR+LF in high school when writing programs from my graphing calculator. I don't recall if it understood a \r\n or not.

**jocoyn** · 08-07-2012, 10:51 AM

OK I am going to try with one break behind the word it each time
This is it.
This is it.
This is it.
This is it.

Mmmmm....well all I did was hit the enter key like I always do.......

FWIW, I learned to type in 1968 on an Underwood 5 Manual Typrewriter. It was a time when all girls took typing, sewing, and cooking, and all the boys took shop and mechanics. [though we did have a boy in our cooking class which was strange for the time but we all loved him]

**lhczth** · 08-07-2012, 11:22 AM

Only time I have issues is when I copy and past something I wrote elsewhere so I can spell check and then copy and past back to the board. Then the spaces have been removed. I have to go put them back in. If I post normally then I don't have those issues.

LOL Nancy you are dating yourself. I also learned to type on an old manual typewriter. My father actually sold Royal typewriters in the early 60's.

JaimeZX · 08-07-2012, 02:31 PM

Another test_
Another test_
Another test_
Another test_

Hm. I may have figured it out.

Freestep · 08-07-2012, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lhczth

Only time I have issues is when I copy and past something I wrote elsewhere so I can spell check and then copy and past back to the board. Then the spaces have been removed. I have to go put them back in. If I post normally then I don't have those issues.

Same here. This forum, and every other forum I've been to with this format, always puts spaces and line breaks in where I want them without any need for fancy html.

08-07-2012, 10:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
JaimeZX Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 59	Paragraphs (or lack thereof?) Sometimes when I post in this forum everything acts perfectly normal._ _ I hit return an text goes to the next line, just as I expect._ _ But SOMETIMES when I post, all the returns get removed when I post and my comments become one giant block of text._ _ WHAT IS GOING ON? It drives me batty!_ _ Is there some software rule governing this? If I understood the rule I could work around it. Meanwhile, half the time I have to put my text in [html ] tags and use < br > to insert carriage returns._ _ Help from a mod?_ _ _(Note - everywhere you see an underscore I hit return but that was deleted.)

08-07-2012, 10:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
wildo Crowned Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 5,107	If you put your text within an html block and hit return without adding a <br /> tag, then the newline will not (usually) be honored. I hit enter twice to get to this line. [EDIT]- there isn't any reason to put text in an html block under normal circumstances, btw. Though perhaps you know that and the html block was just your workaround for the odd carriage return issue. __________________ Willy Pimg - DOB: 2/06, CL3, CL2, CL1, UJJ, HIT, CGC High Jinks vom Neuanfang - DOB 9/12 (Gotchya Day: 1/23/2013) agility superstar in training

08-07-2012, 10:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
jocoyn Zombie Queen Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 11,837	I do not know. I have never had a problem but I always do hit enter twice for the whitespace. No html stuff or anything like that just typing in the text box. __________________ Nancy www.scsarda.org Beau -NAPWDA Certified Cadaver Dog Waiting at the Bridge (italics=GSDs) (hemangiosarcoma=blue):Grim , Cyra, Toby, Rainbow, Linus, Oscar, Arlo & Waggles

08-07-2012, 10:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
paulag1955 Knighted Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Western Washington Posts: 3,419	That's weird. I've never had a problem like that with any forum. And do we date ourselves by talking about carriage returns rather than hard returns? __________________ Paula Shasta - GSD (4/30/10) Thor - GSD (3/12/12) RIP Duchess - Shetland Sheepdog (12/25/88 - 2/14/04)

08-07-2012, 10:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
jocoyn Zombie Queen Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 11,837	OK I am going to try with one break behind the word it each time This is it. This is it. This is it. This is it. Mmmmm....well all I did was hit the enter key like I always do....... FWIW, I learned to type in 1968 on an Underwood 5 Manual Typrewriter. It was a time when all girls took typing, sewing, and cooking, and all the boys took shop and mechanics. [though we did have a boy in our cooking class which was strange for the time but we all loved him] __________________ Nancy www.scsarda.org Beau -NAPWDA Certified Cadaver Dog Waiting at the Bridge (italics=GSDs) (hemangiosarcoma=blue):Grim , Cyra, Toby, Rainbow, Linus, Oscar, Arlo & Waggles Last edited by jocoyn; 08-07-2012 at 10:53 AM.

08-07-2012, 10:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
JaimeZX Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 59	Yes. I only used the [html ] so I could force the line breaks because the forum doesn't seem to honor them otherwise. dunno

08-07-2012, 11:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
lhczth Administrator & LOTR Addict Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 13,723	Only time I have issues is when I copy and past something I wrote elsewhere so I can spell check and then copy and past back to the board. Then the spaces have been removed. I have to go put them back in. If I post normally then I don't have those issues. LOL Nancy you are dating yourself. I also learned to type on an old manual typewriter. My father actually sold Royal typewriters in the early 60's. __________________ Lisa Clark Zu Treuen Händen Working German Shepherd Dogs *South Michigan SchH and Police Club*

08-07-2012, 02:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
JaimeZX Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 59	Another test_ Another test_ Another test_ Another test_ Hm. I may have figured it out.

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