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List:       listar-support
Subject:    [Listar-support] Re: Parsing a really long description
From:       Jeremy Blackman <loki () maison-otaku ! net>
Date:       1999-07-27 18:26:33
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Michael S. Johnson wrote:

> Or can a line ending in a backslash character be used to escape newlines?

Yes.  This has been the case since Listar 0.96a (e.g. prior to public
release). ;)

> description = foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo1 \
>               foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo2 \
>               foo
> 
> as
> 
> "foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo1             foo
> foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo2              foo"?

Yes.  We don't eat whitespace.  I suppose an option could be added.

:)

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