Waseem etal,
I would like to modify Extension:StringFunctions to allow this.
This requested functionalit is useful in making it easier for users to
edit/create information in infoblocks without having to remember to put in
<br>
The end result would allow display (in a template) by using the extended
parser function "replace"
Example:
{{#replace:{{{Input String}}}|\n|<br>}}
Details on how this would be done are at:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:StringFunctions#re:_Replacing_N
ew_Lines.2C_Line_Breaks
Jack
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Waseem Sayegh
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:15 AM
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Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Replacing Newline
How can you replace a newline with a line break? I tried
{{#replace:{{{1}}}|\n|<br />}} but it doesn't seem to be
picking up the '\n' at all. Is there a way, or even a workaround?
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