Formating query

[Matrix Dragon]

I was copying something over from GDocs, and for whatever reason, when I posted, it added a butt ton of line breaks between paragraphs, then added more every time I tried to edit it. Anyone know what's causing it, and how I could avoid it in future? 'Don't use Gdocs' will get a trout thrown at you

[classicdrogn]

I know that it is or at least used to be a problem on SB and SV, and still is on QQ. I can only speculate that one end is running on a *nix server, and the other on 'doze, so carriage return + line feed control characters get turned into two lines when they encounter a system that's only looking for one of either to make a new line.

Unfortunately, the answer you don't want to hear is the only one I know of besides manually fixing it every time. My cloud-scorning self points and delivers a Simpsons mean kid laugh.

[Matrix Dragon]

Figured it would be something like that. And it was less Not Wanting To Hear It, and more That Already Occurred To Me, But The Fic Was Shared Via GDocs In The First Place

[robkelk]

If you don't need to keep character formatting, paste from GDocs into a text file, then copy from the text file and paste into the forums. That usually strips out the funky GDocs formatting.

[Bob Schroeck]

Yeah, that's always a good tactic. Also, some editors like Notepad++ let you use an extended find/replace to manipulate "invisible" characters like CR/LF, which can also come in handy.