Repost: [convertwords] to convert carriage return?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36129
interpreted = N
texte = So this is my only solution, then? In my tests, I'm not even pulling [story] from a database yet -- it's from a form submission on the previous page.On 8/10/00 10:34 am, Rob Marquardt so noted...>Ah, the good old conversion of carriage returns! : ) > >I have a news database (entered by the user through a textarea) that I >want to allow some basic, UBB-style formatting on in addition to swapping >out the carriage returns with HTML paragraph tags. I set up a database to >use with [convertwords] as follows... > >---- file: newsConversion.db ---- >from to >%0D

>[b] >[/b] >[i] >[/i] > >Now when put into practice, the bold and italic formatting worked great, >but the returns were ignored completely! (I also tried using %0D%0A) I >took the %0D

out into its own separate database and used it >with [convertchars] and *then* the returns got replaced properly. Don't >tell me I have to use the ugly... > >[convertwords db=newsConversion.db][convertchars >db=newsParagraphConversion.db][story][/convertchars][/convertwords] > >... (which, admittedly, does work) to get the job done? Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Repost: [convertwords] to convert carriage return? (WebDNA Support 2000)
  2. Re: Repost: [convertwords] to convert carriage return? (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  3. Repost: [convertwords] to convert carriage return? (Rob Marquardt 2000)
So this is my only solution, then? In my tests, I'm not even pulling [story] from a database yet -- it's from a form submission on the previous page.On 8/10/00 10:34 am, Rob Marquardt so noted...>Ah, the good old conversion of carriage returns! : ) > >I have a news database (entered by the user through a textarea) that I >want to allow some basic, UBB-style formatting on in addition to swapping >out the carriage returns with HTML paragraph tags. I set up a database to >use with [convertwords] as follows... > >---- file: newsConversion.db ---- >from to >%0D

>[b] >[/b] >[i] >[/i] > >Now when put into practice, the bold and italic formatting worked great, >but the returns were ignored completely! (I also tried using %0D%0A) I >took the %0D

out into its own separate database and used it >with [convertchars] and *then* the returns got replaced properly. Don't >tell me I have to use the ugly... > >[convertwords db=newsConversion.db][convertchars >db=newsParagraphConversion.db][story][/convertchars][/convertwords] > >... (which, admittedly, does work) to get the job done? Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Rob Marquardt

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