How do I get multiple lines in ?

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FM 11I know that is designed to represent lines of program code and that line endings and spaces must be preserved. However, my line endings are not being preserved; turn into a new leaving me with line after line of elements like this:Do forever.Say "Hello World"EndRather than like this: Do forever Say "Hello World" EndThese are my Text format rules in my EDD:1. If context is: * < stepresult < substep Use paragraph format: CodeBlock2Else, if context is: li < * < choice Use paragraph format: CodeBlock3Else, if context is: * < stepresult < step Use paragraph format: CodeBlock1Else, if context is: * < stepxmp Use paragraph format: CodeBlock1Else, if context is: * < step Use paragraph format: CodeBlock1Else: Use paragraph format: Codeblock2. If context is: [expanse="page"] Pagination properties Placement: Across all columns and side headsCodeBlock is defined like this in the FM Paragraph Designer (with only the margins differing for CodeBlock1, CodeBlock2, etc.)What am I doing wrong?Marsha　

ScottPrentice · Accepted Answer

Hi Marsha...The key is in your r/w rules file. You need this ..element "codeblock"{ writer line break is 99999 characters; reader line break is forced return;}The "writer" rule ensures that the lines don't wrap inadvertently when written to XML (99999 is a bit extreme, but doesn't hurt).The "reader" rule preserves the line breaks.You'd insert the codeblock element, type your line and press SHIFT+ENTER for a linebreak, then type the next line. Save and reopen the file and it should be all good.The only problem (in default FM is that if you want to use elements within the codeblock for formatting on inline content), if the end tag of an inline element "touches" the line break, that line break will be lost on save (or open). You have to manually insert a space between the close tag and the line break mark. (As you might expect, DITA-FMx automatically fixes this problem.) Also .. if your inline tagging wraps to a new line, you'd need to include a r/w rule for that element as well in order to preserve the line breaks within.Re-reading your post, I'm wondering if the actual problem is that you're pressing ENTER at the end of each line rather than SHIFT+ENTER. If so, that will end the current codeblock and start another. Try SHIFT+ENTER instead.Cheers,...scott

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