Landscape descriptions contain "\n"

[Matthew Gates]

\n should be removed / turned into a space in the landscape descriptions. Better to do it in the code, as there are many landscapes already out there which include this.

[Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab)]

The 0.9 series used it as a new line character. The description uses HTML in the 0.10 series, so it should be replaced with <br/>.

[Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead)]

In the 0.9.x series, the \n was used as an end if line character
because there was no auto-wrap in the description text field in the
old GUI (so primitive!).
<br /> looks like a paragraph delimiter, if we substitute \n with <br
/> we're going to end up with some pretty weird looking descriptions.

For example:

description = The Sirene Astronomical Observatory\nLagarde d'Apt (84),
France\n\nPanoramic view of installations. Previously the site\nwas
used as a nuclear lauching pad. Now days,\nSirene accepts everybody
for astronomical\nobservations.\n\nPhotos : March 29, 2008\nLandscape
creation : May 11, 2008\nLast update : May 18,
2008\n\nwww.obs-sirene.com

The \n is not being used as a paragraph delimiter.

It might be worthwhile replacing "\n\n" with "<br />" before the "\n"
with "" replacement. What do you think?

Matthew

On 22 November 2010 11:53, Bogdan Marinov <email address hidden> wrote:
> The 0.9 series used it as a new line character. The description uses
> HTML in the 0.10 series, so it should be replaced with <br/>.
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> Landscape descriptions contain "\n"
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