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Rsfl
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December 10, 2015
Question

Suppress line feed in PDF

  • December 10, 2015
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The goal is to allow users to copy/paste command lines in one piece. Currently, when the command line breaks into a second line (example below) then FM inserts a line feed making it impossible to copy it in one piece. If you paste the command into a single-line field, then only the part before the line feed is pasted. Can you think of any solution to this?

Example: here, the command yum --enablerepo=sina-cd-* install sina-mgmt_meta_all_in_one_* should be copied in one piece:

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    FieryPantone
    Legend
    December 11, 2015

    just a thought: if the goal is to make copy/pasting easier, how about using an Alert hyperlink? I've done a quick test, and this seems to deliver a .pdf where the code slug shows up as a note. I'd hope someone else in the forum could advise on mere details like a) how to have one note-icon instead of two; b) how to position the icon so it doesn't obscure the text …

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 10, 2015

    Your problem all along may have been that the text string is too large for what appears to be a table cell.

    Cell margins (esp .on the right) may be too generous. You can try adjusting cell margins. Don't forget that settings for this exist both in Paragraph Designer and Table Designer. I don't rcall offhand how these interact with each other.

    If that doesn't work, reduce the point size of the text a bit.

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