Other people can do it, I can't. I don't find it in the "Formatting on the Travelers Helpline" http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/helpline/bbcode.cfm Thanks in advance.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19099 posts
Try hitting Carriage Return twice. That does it for me. When we were still using HTML, < br > (for break) did it. br between the BBC square brackets might work now.
Posted by
Los Angeles
1825 posts
Lee,
How'd you hook that typewriter up to the Interwebs?
Posted by
OP
Tipton, Iowa
332 posts
Does it work? Is it that easy? Yes! I would swear I tried that before, must not have had the cursor at the end of the paragraph. Thanks.
Posted by
Tuscaloosa, AL
1152 posts
Is there a list somewhere of things that are formatted away by the Helpline? I keep discovering words that don't work. I've typed in several simple, common English words and they just disappear. If I notice, I'm forced to find a synonym. Two dashes don't work, too.
Posted by
US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
"Two dashes don't work, too." 2 dashes won't work on this forum - but 1 dash with a space before and after does work. "Is there a list somewhere of things that are formatted away by the Helpline?" No, but words that also happen to be commands in some programming languages will not work. @Lee: Perhaps you can explain what a Carriage Return is, for the benefit of those under a certain age.
Posted by
Gig Harbor, Washington, USA
1819 posts
Kent, Are you sure there are any people reading this helpline who are too young to know what a "carriage return" is? ;)
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19099 posts
"Lee, How'd you hook that typewriter up to the Interwebs?" You don't have to have a typewriter. This was used in early word processors, and might still be used behind the scenes in current word processors "Enter" used to insert Carriage return-Line feed <CR><LF> Asc(13)Asc(11) in the text file. As I said earlier, in HTML, <br> inserts a line feed in the text.
Posted by
Tel Aviv
15589 posts
Isn't the carriage return where you drop off the horse and buggy after your picnic on the prairie?
Posted by
Fort Wayne, IN, USA
2349 posts
Yes, Chani, but try not to return your carriage in a different country because your rates go up. And watch those ZTLs!
Posted by
US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
What Karen said. And for gosh sakes, don't even think about trying to return your carriage inside the Florence historic center!
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
32801 posts
Is it a proper typewriter, with the keys that get stuck when all the letters want to hit the paper at the same time, or a sleek modern ball one? It wouldn't be a TTY where you can feed the paper tape into a reader for the InterWeb, would it?