Re: [PATCH 1/3] print_wrapped_text(): allow hard newlines

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On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> print_wrapped_text() will insert its own newlines. Up until now, if the
> text passed to it contained newlines, they would not be handled properly
> (the wrapping got confused after that).
> 
> The strategy is to replace a single new-line with a space, but keep double
> new-lines so that already-wrapped text with empty lines between paragraphs
> will be handled properly.

May I suggest doing this _only_ if the newline is followed by an 
alphanumeric characer?

If the thing is indented ("newline + space") or quoted ("newline + ">" or 
whatever) then reflowing it is likely wrong and will result in an unholy 
mess.

			Linus
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