Re: Nesting format tags
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >>This may be a dumb question, but can you nest format tags? I was trying>>to create a line with a length of 1400 characters, with formatting>>inside that, using [format 1400s][format 10s]something[/format][format>>5s]something[/format]......[/format] where all the format tags inside>>the tag that was 1400s added up to 1400, but when I checked the file>>WebCat created, it was nowhere near the right length (way too short). I>>have tried it without the [format 1400s], which theorectically should be>>the same size, but that doesn't work either (too long). Any ideas?>>Sorry, we had to limit the format to a maximum of 255 characters.>Anything beyond that gets chopped off at 255. We'll add it to the feature>request database.Hi Grant,Thanks for telling us about this 255 character limitation. I was all set touse the [format] context to control the length of things that will get aLOT longer than 255 characters. I guess it's time for me to figure out adifferent method ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.comhttp://usarea.net/home.html
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>>This may be a dumb question, but can you nest format tags? I was trying>>to create a line with a length of 1400 characters, with formatting>>inside that, using [format 1400s][format 10s]something[/format][format>>5s]something[/format]......[/format] where all the format tags inside>>the tag that was 1400s added up to 1400, but when I checked the file>>WebCat created, it was nowhere near the right length (way too short). I>>have tried it without the [format 1400s], which theorectically should be>>the same size, but that doesn't work either (too long). Any ideas?>>Sorry, we had to limit the format to a maximum of 255 characters.>Anything beyond that gets chopped off at 255. We'll add it to the feature>request database.Hi Grant,Thanks for telling us about this 255 character limitation. I was all set touse the
[format] context to control the length of things that will get aLOT longer than 255 characters. I guess it's time for me to figure out adifferent method ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.comhttp://usarea.net/home.html
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