Remove blank lines

BetterRed · 10-16-2025, 07:24 PM

I don't like blank lines in code, anyone know if any of the existing plugins offers an option to remove them.

BR

DNSB · 10-16-2025, 08:00 PM

Not sure if this will do what you want but Mend and Prettify will remove extraneous blank lines but will leave a blank line between each code block.

BeckyEbook · 10-16-2025, 08:14 PM

Really?

The effect can be easily achieved without a plugin by simply replacing the text "\n\n" with "\n", but the first prettify or running a plugin that saves the file together with prettify will ruin the whole effect.
Of course, you can change the \src\Parsers\GumboInterface.cpp file in the Sigil code; to achieve the general effect, you only need to comment out two lines. To get more polished effects, you have to tinker with the code a lot.
I used this solution for a long time, but in the end I gave up and now I live with empty lines

DiapDealer · 10-16-2025, 10:51 PM

HTML looks like a wall of noise to me with no line-spacing. To each their own, of course.

BetterRed · 10-17-2025, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

HTML looks like a wall of noise to me with no line-spacing. To each their own, of course.

I don't save in that state (m&p on open and close are checked), and I only want it when I don't see the document structure I want in preview.

FTR: I got here after looking at Automation Edit and not seeing Run saved search in Tools, but seeing run Plugin.

BR

BetterRed · 10-17-2025, 06:44 PM

I was a couple of days early, the beta KH has just released has saved searches in Automation, maybe they were there before, but…

DNSB · 10-17-2025, 08:31 PM

The RunSavedSearchReplaceAll has been around for a while. The OnSuccess and OnFailed variants were added in the beta.

BetterRed · 10-17-2025, 10:40 PM

I would looked for Saved[space]Searches, didn't like Pascal much either.

10-16-2025, 07:24 PM	#1
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,036 Karma: 30277960 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Remove blank lines I don't like blank lines in code, anyone know if any of the existing plugins offers an option to remove them. BR

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10-16-2025, 08:00 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,472 Karma: 174510106 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Not sure if this will do what you want but Mend and Prettify will remove extraneous blank lines but will leave a blank line between each code block.

10-16-2025, 08:14 PM	#3
BeckyEbook Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 3501166 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Poland Device: Various	Really? The effect can be easily achieved without a plugin by simply replacing the text "\n\n" with "\n", but the first prettify or running a plugin that saves the file together with prettify will ruin the whole effect. Of course, you can change the \src\Parsers\GumboInterface.cpp file in the Sigil code; to achieve the general effect, you only need to comment out two lines. To get more polished effects, you have to tinker with the code a lot. I used this solution for a long time, but in the end I gave up and now I live with empty lines

10-16-2025, 10:51 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,911 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	HTML looks like a wall of noise to me with no line-spacing. To each their own, of course.

10-17-2025, 06:44 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,036 Karma: 30277960 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I was a couple of days early, the beta KH has just released has saved searches in Automation, maybe they were there before, but…

10-17-2025, 08:31 PM	#7
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,472 Karma: 174510106 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The RunSavedSearchReplaceAll has been around for a while. The OnSuccess and OnFailed variants were added in the beta.

10-17-2025, 10:40 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,036 Karma: 30277960 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I would looked for Saved[space]Searches, didn't like Pascal much either.

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