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by peteo
Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:18 pm
Forum: Growl
Topic: Line returns in Growl Messages?
Replies: 7
Views: 5342

Got it!

Finally was able to figure this out. What I needed to insert into the text string was a *literal line return*. I did this by editing my text message in vi (or vim) and placing literal line returns wherever I need them. "i" to enter insert mode, "control-v" to insert a literal cha...
by peteo
Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:41 am
Forum: Growl
Topic: Line returns in Growl Messages?
Replies: 7
Views: 5342

Nope, \n doesn't work

\n doesn't work, it just prints out as visible "\n" along with the rest of the text of the message. I've also tried web-type html formatting using <p> or <br /> and they just print visibly too, so apparently there is no html interpreter in Growl.

Any other ideas?
by peteo
Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:38 pm
Forum: Growl
Topic: Line returns in Growl Messages?
Replies: 7
Views: 5342

Line returns in Growl Messages?

Any idea how to create a line return or paragraph break in Growl messages that are displayed on-screen? I'm using Growl in a college setting to display a message of the day when students log in. Knowing how to format these messages to add line breaks would help a lot!

- Pete O