Re: [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11488
interpreted = N
texte = >>I can't seem to get the [format] to work for text strings. In my tmpl >>file I have the >> and if I do the following: >> >>[format 40s]small text[/format]followed by more text >> >>I get the following in the browser: >> >>small textfollowed by more text >> >>What am I missing? > >Browsers never recognize more than one space in a string, so it doesn't >matter how many blanks you want to create with this technique, the browser >will not display them. Many thanks Ken, you jogged me back from senility. All I needed to do was the following!
[format 40s]small text[/format]followed by more text
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  1. Re: [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  2. Re: [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work (w curt eggemeyer 1997)
  4. Re: [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
  5. Re: [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  6. [format 40s]text[/format] doesn't work (w curt eggemeyer 1997)
>>I can't seem to get the [format] to work for text strings. In my tmpl >>file I have the >> and if I do the following: >> >>[format 40s]small text[/format]followed by more text >> >>I get the following in the browser: >> >>small textfollowed by more text >> >>What am I missing? > >Browsers never recognize more than one space in a string, so it doesn't >matter how many blanks you want to create with this technique, the browser >will not display them. Many thanks Ken, you jogged me back from senility. All I needed to do was the following!
[format 40s]small text[/format]followed by more text
...duh!Curt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | William Curt Eggemeyer Curt@mail.bzzzzzz.com | | BeeHive Technologies, Inc. | | http://www.bzzzzzz.com with a WebCam in Pasadena, California | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- w curt eggemeyer

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