[rt-users] RTFM text formatting problem

[Jesse Vincent]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 09:32:16AM -0700, nate wrote:
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> I've installed RTFM, following the install instructions by creating a
> class, creating a custom text field, and assigning rights.  The problem
> is that text entered doesn't seem to print very well.  My custom field
> is of the Text type.  When I enter text like so:

You're using an "enter many lines" not "enter a big block of text"
custom field.


> - -----------
> This is a
> 
> 1. test of
> 2. RTFM text
> 3.    formatting.
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> What I see when I view the article is this:
> 
> - -----------
> This is a 1. test of 2. RTFM text 3. formatting.
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> Which makes it hard to read pre-formatted text.  Now is something wrong
> with my installation, or is this Working As Intended?  If so, then I
> guess I'll just stick in a text output filter in the code, so that
> carriage returns (\n) are replace with (<br>\n) and more than one space
> is replaced with (<space> ).  It just doesn't make sense to me that
> this is the way that it was intended to work, since any text with any
> formatting, even just paragraph breaks, is all jumbled together.  Any
> insight is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate
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