Formatted text in RTFM articles

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Is there anyway to format text in RTFM articles? I have created a custom
filed of type “Fill in one text area” but it messes up the text. An
example;

I have a couple of lines of text, separated by spaces as shown;

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

When I look at the article, the text appears as;

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

I have tried with tabs and get the same result and I also tried changing
the format of the CF to wikitext but I get the same result. Ay ideas or
suggestions? If this is the way it is it makes RTFM unusable for what we
had planned.

Regards, Jim

2

Ken,

I’ve tried that and the result is exactly the same :-(. Any other idea?

Regards-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Crocker [mailto:kfcrocker@lbl.gov]
Sent: 22 April 2009 22:26
To: Jim Tambling
Cc: rt-users@bestpractical.com
Subject: Re: [rt-users] Formatted text in RTFM articles

Jim,

Try defining the CF as"Fill in WikiText". That works better.

Kenn
LBNL

On 4/22/2009 2:06 PM, Jim Tambling wrote:

Is there anyway to format text in RTFM articles? I have created a custom
filed of type “Fill in one text area” but it messes up the text. An
example;

I have a couple of lines of text, separated by spaces as shown;

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

When I look at the article, the text appears as;

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

I have tried with tabs and get the same result and I also tried changing
the format of the CF to wikitext but I get the same result. Ay ideas or
suggestions? If this is the way it is it makes RTFM unusable for what we
had planned.

Regards, Jim

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Jim,

Try defining the CF as"Fill in WikiText". That works better.

Kenn
LBNLOn 4/22/2009 2:06 PM, Jim Tambling wrote:

Is there anyway to format text in RTFM articles? I have created a
custom filed of type “Fill in one text area” but it messes up the
text. An example;

I have a couple of lines of text, separated by spaces as shown;

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

When I look at the article, the text appears as;

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

I have tried with tabs and get the same result and I also tried
changing the format of the CF to wikitext but I get the same result.
Ay ideas or suggestions? If this is the way it is it makes RTFM
unusable for what we had planned.

Regards, Jim

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Try defining the CF as"Fill in WikiText". That works better.

I’ve tried that and the result is exactly the same :-(. Any other idea?

When using the wikitext area in RTFM, any text that does not begin in the
first column is rendered as preformatted text. So instead of:

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext

use:

Texttexttext moretextmoretextmoretext
^

Note the space in front of the line, meaning it does not begin the first
column and so is treated as pre-formatted.

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