SPUG: line breaks in format fields

Ryan Allen ryan at the-summit.net
Fri Nov 17 14:02:17 PST 2006


Nope, doesn't change a thing.  The other solutions posted here do work,
BTW.  Thanks to all!
-Ryan




* dleonard at dleonard.net <dleonard at dleonard.net> wrote on [11-17-06y 13:15]:
> Use a here-doc
> 
> my $bigTextField = <<END;
> I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently.  Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.
> 
> I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
> 
> Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants.  I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge.
> END
> 
> -- 
> 
> <Douglas Leonard>
> <dleonard at dleonard.net>
> <Perfect is the enemy of good. If we tried to be perfect, we'd never get
> anything done.	--Linus Torvalds>
> 
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