[oXygen-user] Format and Indent and Blank Line Removal

[Lars Huttar]

Ray Miller wrote:
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> Docbook-rng-5.0b3, xsl-1.69.1, saxon-6.5.5, oxygen-7.1.0 
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> Noticed that the format and indent toolbar button no longer removes 
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> Is this by design or an oversight?
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> Ray
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Seems like this was one of the advertised new features in the release 
notes for 7.1 -- blank lines are preserved across pretty-print. I think 
this was even a feature I asked for at one point, though at the time, 
the oXygen staff convinced me I could do just as well by inserting 
comments instead of blank lines. However I like blank lines for 
readability, so for my part, this feature looks like a win. Maybe there 
are circumstances though where you wouldn't want it...?

Regards,
Lars