Paragraph, Line, and Word Breaks
This section discusses how Sage manages
paragraph breaks, line breaks, and word breaks.
In Sage, a blank line creates a paragraph break.
Within a paragraph, text is word-wrapped by the web browser.
The browser breaks only on whitespace, dashes, and question marks.
For example:
This is the first paragraph, which consists of
several adjacent lines in the source file,
which will all be combined into a single
paragraph, word-wrapped by the web browser.
The blank line above causes this sentence
to start a new paragraph. It too can be as
long as needed.
A third paragraph, but note that multiple
blank lines in a row are no different than
a single one.
[//] A line comment doesn't make a new paragraph
This is still the third paragraph,
because line comments do not break paragraphs.
[{] nor do block comments [}]
This is still the third paragraph!
A short paragraph.
Shorter still!
The above Sage content produces the following output:
This is the first paragraph, which consists of several adjacent lines in the source file, which will all be combined into a single paragraph, word-wrapped by the web browser. The blank line above causes this sentence to start a new paragraph. It too can be as long as needed. A third paragraph, but note that multiple blank lines in a row are no different than a single one. This is still the third paragraph, because line comments do not break paragraphs. This is still the third paragraph! A short paragraph. Shorter still!
This is the first paragraph, which consists of several adjacent lines in the source file, which will all be combined into a single paragraph, word-wrapped by the web browser. The blank line above causes this sentence to start a new paragraph. It too can be as long as needed. A third paragraph, but note that multiple blank lines in a row are no different than a single one. This is still the third paragraph, because line comments do not break paragraphs. This is still the third paragraph! A short paragraph. Shorter still!
The [pre] tag creates a section of text where
all whitespace, including line breaks, are significant.
This is very similar to the
<pre> tag in HTML.
For example:
This is a normal paragraph,
word-wrapped by the browser.
[pre]Here, though, multiple spaces are significant!
Also, line breaks happen
based on the source code,
and no word wrapping is used [--] so watch out for long lines![end]
Now we are out of the "pre" block, and back to
normal Sage whitespace handling.
The above example produces this output:
This is a normal paragraph, word-wrapped by the browser.
Compared to HTML's <pre> tag,
Sage's [pre] tag is more flexible in terms of
formatting the source code.
In Sage, if the content of a [pre] begins and
ends with blank lines, those blank lines will be removed.
Thus, the above example could also be done like this…
This is a normal paragraph,
word-wrapped by the browser.
[pre]
Here, though, multiple spaces are significant!
Also, line breaks happen
based on the source code,
and no word wrapping is used [--] so watch out for long lines!
[end]
Now we are out of the "pre" block, and back to
normal Sage whitespace handling.
This produces the same results as before,
but with nicer formatting in the source code.
This is a normal paragraph, word-wrapped by the browser.
Here, though, multiple spaces are significant!
Also, line breaks happen
based on the source code,
and no word wrapping is used — so watch out for long lines!
Now we are out of the "pre" block, and back to
normal Sage whitespace handling.
To force a line break, without making a new paragraph,
use the [br] tag. For example:
This is a short line,[br]
but only because of the `|[br]` tag!
The above example produces the following…
This is a short line,
but only because of the [br] tag!
This is a short line,
but only because of the [br] tag!
The [br] tag gives the browser the option to break
a long line of text at a spot where it wouldn't otherwise do so.
For example…
`C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\[br?]AppData\Settings\Microsoft\`
The above example produces the following…
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\AppData\Settings\Microsoft\
If the above example appears on a single line, reduce the width
of your browser window – eventually, the browser will wrap
the line just before "AppData".
Without the [br?] tag, the browser would not break
the line at all (because there are no spaces, dashes,
or question marks).
See also: The [-?] Tag.
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\
The [-?] tag represents a
soft hyphen,
which allows the browser to break a long line, inserting a hyphen
if (and only if) it does so.
For example…
`C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\App[-?]lications\Settings\Microsoft\`
The above example produces the following…
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Applications\Settings\Microsoft\
If the above example appears on a single line, reduce the width
of your browser window – eventually, the browser will wrap
the line after "App" but before "lications", adding a hyphen
after "App".
Without the [-?] tag, the browser would not break
the line at all (because there are no spaces, dashes,
or question marks).
See also: the [br?] Tag.
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Applications\Settings\Microsoft\
A tag consisting of one or more underscores indicates that many
non-breaking spaces. This can be useful to prevent the browser
form breaking long lines at inopportune places.
The [indent]…[end] tag indents
content. These tags may nest, of course. For example…
The `dir` command...
[indent]
*Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.*
[tt][plain][drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]]
[/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q]
[/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
[drive:][path][filename][end][end]
[indent]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
[list]
#* `|/A` Displays files with specified attributes.
#* `|/B` Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
#* `|/C` Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is
the default. Use `|/-C` to disable display of separator.
#* `|/D` Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
[end]
[end]
Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable.
Override preset switches by prefixing any switch with -
(hyphen) -- for example, `|/-W`.
[end]
The above example produces…
The dir command...
The [box] tag is similar, in that it indents content,
but unlike [indent], it surrounds content in a visible box.
The dir command...
Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
[drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]]
[/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q]
[/R] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.
Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable.
Override preset switches by prefixing any switch with -
(hyphen) -- for example, /-W.
- /A Displays files with specified attributes.
- /B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
- /C Display the thousand separator in file sizes. This is the default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
- /D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
This tag is a splice – it allows you to continue a long line
onto the next line, without creating whitespace in the output.
For example…
`C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Applications\[\]
Settings\Microsoft\Details.json`
This produces the following…
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Applications\Settings\Microsoft\Details.json
Notice how the browser makes this a single line,
even though it was two lines in the Sage source file.
The [\] tag is only allowed at the end of a line.
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Applications\Settings\Microsoft\Details.json
This tag's name is short for join, and it comes in two varieties:
with and without a tag body.
Without a tag body, use the [j] tag immediately after
a dash or question mark, when you don't want a word break.
For example…
`C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Application-[j]Data\Settings\Microsoft\`
The above example produces the following…
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Application-Data\Settings\Microsoft\
Even as you reduce the width of your browser window,
the path stays on one line, thanks to the [j] tag.
Without this, the browser would break the line after the dash.
C:\Windows\Users\DefaultUser\Application-Data\Settings\Microsoft\
With a tag body, the [j] tag ensures that an entire
phrase remains free of word breaks.
It accomplishes this by converting spaces to non-breaking spaces,
and (in effect) inserting [j] tags (without tag bodies)
after each dash and question mark.
For example…
`[j C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\]`
The above example produces the following…
C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\
Even as you reduce the width of your browser window,
the path stays on one line, thanks to the [j] tag.
Without this, the browser would break the line after the space
and/or the dashes.
Without this tag, we would have to resort to this kind of thing:
`C:\Windows\Users\All-[j]Users\App[_]Data\Microsoft\Web-[j]Browsers\]`
Note the mess made by the [_] and [j] tags.
C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\
This tag is like the [j] tag,
but with a twist: you can specify which characters to word
break after.
For example…
`[j? \ C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\]`
This produces…
C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\
If you reduce the width of the browser window, you'll notice that
a word break opportunity comes after each backslash.
To include spaces in the set of word break characters,
use a quoted string:
`[j? "\ " C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\]`
This produces…
C:\Windows\Users\All-Users\App Data\Microsoft\Web-Browsers\
Now the browser will break after backslashes and spaces (but not dashes).
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