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Old 10-28-2015, 09:52 AM   #1
chaot
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Generous use of empty spaces (Foolish?)



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I criticize the massive use of blank lines.

Reasons
a) Waste of space
b) Nonsensical blank lines do not contribute to overview
c) Increased energy consumption when reading on an e-reader (multiple flip)

Possibly the publisher (remain unnamed) wanted here to spice up the volume a bit.

Target: Reduction of blank lines.

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Questions

1) What do you think (with regard to copyright, ethics and such stuff, you know) of such an intervention?

2) HowToDo?

a) Remove all simple blank lines?
b) The extended blank lines (<p class = "p-blanc"> <br/> </ p>) are to be reduced to simple blank lines.

Regex-profs are particularly in demand here.

Last edited by chaot; 10-30-2015 at 05:41 AM. Reason: add (with regard to copyright, ethics and such stuff, you know)
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