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I was just typing a comment to a post here on together.jolla.com, and I noticed that when the comment was posted, all my intended line-breaks were removed, making my message more difficult to digest than is necessary.

I feel that it is important to enable users to put in proper line-breaks when responding, as it can help to make the whole forum far more readable.

I will use said comment as an example. It is not exactly a worst-case scenario, but it does illustrate my point. Of course, the longer a post is, the more the line breaks are needed for clear formatting.

Since I cannot properly use line-breaks here on together.jolla.com, I will have to refer you to PasteBin.com, where you will be able to see the difference: http://pastebin.com/puhS2ZHW

( Link to said comment: https://together.jolla.com/question/7666/sms-add-ability-to-view-received-sms-messages-while-composing-a-new-message/ )

Note: Double line-breaks do work, as I have used above for clarity; however, if you want to break off text on successive lines (i.e., no empty space between the two lines), then the line-break will simply be ignored. For example, when posting, I put a line-break in front of the "For" in this very sentence, and also one after the dot where you will see "... my point. Of course.." on the same line.

I was just typing a comment to a post here on together.jolla.com, and I noticed that when the comment was posted, all my intended line-breaks were removed, making my message more difficult to digest than is necessary.

I feel that it is important to enable users to put in proper line-breaks when responding, as it can help to make the whole forum far more readable.

I will use said comment as an example. It is not exactly a worst-case scenario, but it does illustrate my point. Of course, the longer a post is, the more the line breaks are needed for clear formatting.

Since I cannot properly use line-breaks here on together.jolla.com, I will have to refer you to PasteBin.com, where you will be able to see the difference: http://pastebin.com/puhS2ZHW

( Link to said comment: https://together.jolla.com/question/7666/sms-add-ability-to-view-received-sms-messages-while-composing-a-new-message/ )

Note: Double line-breaks do work, as I have used above for clarity; however, if you want to break off text on successive lines (i.e., no empty space between the two lines), then the line-break will simply be ignored. For example, when posting, I put a line-break in front of the "For" in this very sentence, and also one after the dot where you will see "... my point. Of course.." on the same line.

I was just typing a comment to a post here on together.jolla.com, and I noticed that when the comment was posted, all my intended line-breaks were removed, making my message more difficult to digest than is necessary.

necessary.
I feel that it is important to enable users to put in proper line-breaks when responding, as it can help to make the whole forum far more readable.

I will use said comment as an example. It is not exactly a worst-case scenario, but it does illustrate my point. point.
Of course, the longer a post is, the more the line breaks are needed for clear formatting.

Note: Double line-breaks do work, as I have used above for clarity; however, if you want to break off text on successive lines (i.e., no empty space between the two lines), then the a regular line-break will simply be ignored. For example, when posting, I put Either enter double white space (i.e., hit the space bar twice) after a line-break in front of the "For" in this very sentence, and also one after the dot where you will see or use HTML tags,
"... my point. Of course.." on the same line.

Edit:
A friend just informed me that most forums support line-breaks as suggested by entering two space indentations after the sentence.
I can confirm (and you can see) that this works on together.jolla.com as well.
jgr to properly line-break. I did not find this information anywhere on this page though, page, so I feel that should be made clear.

I still think normal line-breaks should be accepted; this would be by far the easiest, as this is what users do already.
Are there any obstacles in doing it this way with regards to the coding of the forum, I wonder?

I was just typing a comment to a post here on together.jolla.com, and I noticed that when the comment was posted, all my intended line-breaks were removed, making my message more difficult to digest than is necessary.
I feel that it is important to enable users to put in proper line-breaks when responding, as it can help to make the whole forum far more readable.

I will use said comment as an example. It is not exactly a worst-case scenario, but it does illustrate my point.
Of course, the longer a post is, the more the line breaks are needed for clear formatting.

This is how I formatted the comment prior to posting:
"I too have been annoyed with this bug several times.
I have found on several occasions that instead of scrolling up to read the previous conversation with the person I am typing to, I end up clicking the page back button, which results in being taken back to the message list and losing everything I just wrote.
This is particularly annoying when typing long messages, as I am sure many of you have experienced too!"

This is how it was formatted after I submitted:
"I too have been annoyed with this bug several times. I have found on several occasions that instead of scrolling up to read the previous conversation with the person I am typing to, I end up clicking the page back button, which results in being taken back to the message list and losing everything I just wrote. This is particularly annoying when typing long messages, as I am sure many of you have experienced too!"

Note: Double line-breaks do work, as I have used above for clarity; however, if you want to break off text on successive lines (i.e., no empty space between the two lines), then a regular line-break will simply be ignored. Either enter double white space (i.e., hit the space bar twice) after a sentence, or use HTML tags,
as suggested by jgr to properly line-break. I did not find this information anywhere on this page, so I feel that should be made clear.

I still think normal line-breaks should be accepted; this would be by far the easiest, as this is what users do already.
Are there any obstacles in doing it this way with regards to the coding of the forum, I wonder?

Edit 2: Removed link to PasteBin and inserted my example directly into this post, as I figured out how to format using alternative methods + other changes for clarity.

( Not relevant for this particular topic, but the comment is from: https://together.jolla.com/question/7666/sms-add-ability-to-view-received-sms-messages-while-composing-a-new-message/ )

I was just typing a comment to a post here on together.jolla.com, and I noticed that when the comment was posted, all my intended line-breaks were removed, making my message more difficult to digest than is necessary.
I feel that it is important to enable users to put in proper line-breaks when responding, as it can help to make the whole forum far more readable.

I will use said comment as an example. It is not exactly a worst-case scenario, but it does illustrate my point.
Of course, the longer a post is, the more the line breaks are needed for clear formatting.

This is how I formatted the comment prior to posting:
"I too have been annoyed with this bug several times.
I have found on several occasions that instead of scrolling up to read the previous conversation with the person I am typing to, I end up clicking the page back button, which results in being taken back to the message list and losing everything I just wrote.
This is particularly annoying when typing long messages, as I am sure many of you have experienced too!"

This is how it was formatted after I submitted:
"I too have been annoyed with this bug several times. I have found on several occasions that instead of scrolling up to read the previous conversation with the person I am typing to, I end up clicking the page back button, which results in being taken back to the message list and losing everything I just wrote. This is particularly annoying when typing long messages, as I am sure many of you have experienced too!"

Note: Double line-breaks do work, as I have used above for clarity; however, if you want to break off text on successive lines (i.e., no empty space between the two lines), then a regular line-break will simply be ignored. Either enter double white space (i.e., hit the space bar twice) after a sentence, or use HTML tags,
as suggested by jgr to properly line-break. I did not find this information anywhere on this page, so I feel that should be made clear.

I still think normal line-breaks should be accepted; this would be by far the easiest, as this is what users do already.
Are there any obstacles in doing it this way with regards to the coding of the forum, I wonder?

Edit 2: Removed link to PasteBin and inserted my example directly into this post, as I figured out how to format using alternative methods + other changes for clarity.

( Not relevant for this particular topic, but the comment is from: https://together.jolla.com/question/7666/sms-add-ability-to-view-received-sms-messages-while-composing-a-new-message/ )