Strip extra line breaks?

August 22, 2004 11:26 AM

If count("
") > 1, count("
") = 1
posted by PrinceValium to Bugs at 11:26 AM (22 comments total)

Ah, shit. Looked great on preview.
Translated: Please condense multiple "br" tags into one, to avoid the kind of post that I linked to above.
posted by PrinceValium at 11:27 AM on August 22, 2004

Because that kind of post is such a big problem on MeFi that it's worth spending time and effort coding a "fix."

Jesus.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:42 AM on August 22, 2004

Writing an annoying post with a bunch of breaks, that's a paddling. Wasting my time by pointing out said post in a new MeTa thread, that's a paddling.
posted by graventy at 12:06 PM on August 22, 2004

Besides, it's a useful technique for adding































emphasis
posted by reklaw at 12:08 PM on August 22, 2004

PV, yer being a frickin'



























dork.
posted by quonsar at 12:34 PM on August 22, 2004

Bah.

Sometimes, I put extra spaces (see above) in my posts that others might not need, but I like it better that way.

So, what's the issue with that?
posted by erratic frog at 12:38 PM on August 22, 2004

(P.S.: Can I still have the paddling?)
posted by erratic frog at 12:38 PM on August 22, 2004

Never trust the preview. It is not your friend.
posted by punishinglemur at 12:42 PM on August 22, 2004

oh, please ... the guy pressed the wrong button on his keyboard ... and then said he was sorry

it's not worth a thread
posted by pyramid termite at 12:51 PM on August 22, 2004

At least it drops the Paris Parasmus thread closer to the bottom of the page.
posted by wendell at 1:06 PM on August 22, 2004

Damn















Straight.
posted by kaibutsu at 1:17 PM on August 22, 2004

Looking at my shoes, that's a paddling.
posted by crank at 2:13 PM on August 22, 2004

You sure that's not a piddling, crank?



[...]



Ah, maybe I'm just projecting.
posted by chicobangs at 3:17 PM on August 22, 2004

I already have a function to strip out any extra returns, but in the originally linked comment, the person inserted an apostrophe at the end, which I bet was a mistake.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:28 PM on August 22, 2004

Asking for a paddlin'... you better believe that's a paddlin'.
posted by Johnny Assay at 3:46 PM on August 22, 2004

The question is, is the paddling you get after you ask for a paddling the paddling you asked for, or punishment for asking for one?

Also, having a lot of newlines can be useful as spoiler space.
posted by kenko at 4:52 PM on August 22, 2004

WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
SELF?

I apologize, seeing as that this thread was rather pointless. If you want to delete it, Matt, go ahead and free me from my dork shackles.
posted by PrinceValium at 5:31 PM on August 22, 2004

You sure that's not a piddling, crank?

Sassin' back in metatalk, that's a paddlin'.
posted by crank at 6:13 PM on August 22, 2004

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS!! GET 'EM!
posted by loquacious at 1:30 AM on August 23, 2004

anal
posted by angry modem at 5:25 AM on August 23, 2004

That was self-descriptive, right, modem?
posted by five fresh fish at 9:03 AM on August 23, 2004

I think Prince Valium should be paddled with a buck
























et o' cocks.
posted by soyjoy at 1:58 PM on August 23, 2004