fix source code in dreamweaver that is double spaced

doesn't seem to fix php...

Hmph, it apparently doesn't.  Are these pages just PHP code or mixed PHP and HTML?

mixed. There is also a lot of javascript files with the same issue.

Okay.

The reason this happened is that the other user has a different line-break method set than you do.    DW probably isn't the best tool for this because you would need to run a Find and Replace on two blank lines in Source Code mode and I can see that not working as expected.

Go grab NotePad++ as it has an option to remove blank lines under its TextFX | TextFX Edit menu.

Thanks Jason,

That's definitely a pretty close solution. I was hoping it would be possible to only replace every other line (not everyone empty line), because technically there are some line breaks for a reason. If you can think of anything let me know

You can apply the Notepad++ solution selectively.  So highlight the code that has the excessive line breaks and apply the TextFX.  It will only remove the line breaks from the selected area.

MeridianManagement,

This might be something where a Regex could help too.  Does Notepad++ support those for a replace?   Can you provide a sample file so I can make sure I understand how the file is affected?  If Notepad++ won't work with a Regex then there are other programs that will although I am not sure of free ones that you can use.  I believe there are some but I would have to verify first.

The PSPad editor has a number of features too so it might also have an option to strip the extra lines and not be bothered by PHP.  Let me know if you want me to test and verify this but a sample file will help this.

Let me know if you have any questions or need more information.

b0lsc0tt

b0lsc0tt,

Good points.  NotePad++ does support regex, as does DW but DW's regex interpreter is a little limited.

If so, and without a sample to be sure, then you would need some a regex like the following for the test ...

\r\n\r\n

... and then in the replace you just provide a line break (i.e. hit the Enter key probably although I can provide characters if the program can convert them).

The thing I don't know for sure is if the file that is being read wrong actually has a carriage return and a new line character or just the new line character.  Most likely the former.  I have seen files "messed up" like this before but never bothered to spend the time to see why or try to fix them.  Homesite just corrects them in the display but it is annoying to have them messed up.

A sample will really help.  Also if you have a question trying to use the above then let me know about the program and choices you see.

bol

If you replace two newlines with one newline in dreamweaver find&replace, it should only take out every other line

Opalelement,

That may or may not work as expected.  If another user opens the file in a different editor you may get different types of line breaks.  That's why b0lsc0tt suggested regex and I suggested Notepad++ because those options can handle \n\n \n\r or \r\n depending on how the other editor threw those in.  DW will handle a blank line in Find and Replace differently depending on which line break type is chosen in the options.

okay here's an example of a file. It was partially fixed in dreamweaver that's why some of the file looks okay.

Here you go, it didn't like the php extension