Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: White lines

On 8/10/2012 3:09 PM, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 10.08.2012 22:41, Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote:
> > Andrew wrote:
> >
> > > A blank line does not have to be an empty line.  (^$)
> >
> > She didn’t say “blank line”: she said “white line.” A white line is a
> > line space between paragraphs that contains no text. (In a
> > word-processor file I take this to be a line created by pressing the
> > “return” key a second time.) The concept and the term are some centuries
> > older than word-processor contrivances whereby extra space is added as
> > part of a paragraph style.
>
> But she mentions that she replaces ^p in WinWord which matches a 
> paragraph mark.
> Regular expression ^[:space:]*$ matches optional white space between 
> the start position and the end position of a line.

Exactly right Andreas.  However, that expression doesn't match the tab 
character which is why I suggested using [:ctrl:] in a prior post.  I 
realize now that [:ctrl]* would have been more accurate.  I don't think 
you need the ^$, because if it's not between the beginning and end of 
the line, then where else could it be?  I will admit I haven't tested it.



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