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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Keyword initial space
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-05-22 18:32:50
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On Tuesday 22 May 2001 11:14, Malcolm Hunter wrote:
> > > It may also be possible to strip the starting whitespace when loading
> >
> > the
> >
> > > keywords, I have no idea where this is done... Stephan ?
> >
> > No, that would break applications that depend on being able to save
> > whitespace within lists.
>
> Does that mean the spaces will be added back in after they have been
> removed manually?

No. The code that reads desktop files also reads configuration files, and 
some programs may have spaces in their configuration files and expect them to 
stay there. So we can't change the code.

> Surely it's just a case of searching for "Keyword=" then replacing ", "
> with "," in the same line, or is that too easy? :o)

That would work just fine. 

Cheers,
Waldo
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