Merge pull request #5683 from bwmilby/bugfix-19622

livecodeali · web-flow · commit 3b3e54a3e6fa · 2017-07-13T00:04:01.000+01:00
[[ Bug 19622 ]] Line continuations
diff --git a/ide-support/revdocsparser.livecodescript b/ide-support/revdocsparser.livecodescript
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ on revDocsExtractDocBlocks pText, pSource, @rAPIData, @rLibraryData
    put false into tInComment
    put false into tInEntry
    
-   local tFirstWord, tEntryData
+   local tFirstWord, tEntryData, tTrimLine
    local tComment, tData
    local tHandlerData, tPhraseData
    
@@ -614,14 +614,23 @@ on revDocsExtractDocBlocks pText, pSource, @rAPIData, @rLibraryData
       end if
       
       # If we are in an entry, add the line to the current data
-      if tInEntry then         
+      if tInEntry then
+         # handle line continuations
+         if char -2 of tData is "\" then
+            delete char -2 to -1 of tData
          # ignore empty lines
-         if tFirstWord is empty then 
+         else if tFirstWord is empty then
             next repeat
          else if tFirstWord is "end" then
             put true into tEntryEnded
          end if
-         put tLine & return after tData
+         # continuation character can have spaces afterwards [[Bug 19927]]
+         # trim trailing spaces before adding
+         if matchText(tLine, "^(.*\\)\s*$", tTrimLine) then
+            put tTrimLine & return after tData
+         else
+            put tLine & return after tData
+         end if
       end if
       
       # If the entry is ended, convert all the collected data to a structured array
