Break long lines in Pascal code for readability?

[Edward Mendelson]

Is there a way to break long lines of Pascal code to improve readability? I am NOT asking about line breaks in messages - only whether it's possible to break a long line so that it's easier to read in an editor.

Many thanks for any help.

[Martijn Laan]

Hi,

You can either enable word wrapping from the View menu, or append a space followed by a backslash at the end of a line to allow line spanning. Also see https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=linespan

Greetings,
Martijn Laan

Op 22-9-2025 om 15:12 schreef Edward Mendelson:

Is there a way to break long lines of Pascal code to improve readability? I am NOT asking about line breaks in messages - only whether it's possible to break a long line so that it's easier to read in an editor. Many thanks for any help.

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[Edward Mendelson]

Thank you! (That was fast...!)

[Gavin Lambert]

On Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 1:12:25 AM UTC+12 Edward Mendelson wrote:

Is there a way to break long lines of Pascal code to improve readability? I am NOT asking about line breaks in messages - only whether it's possible to break a long line so that it's easier to read in an editor.

Pascal code is not line-break sensitive; you can just break a line wherever you like without any need for line-spanning symbols.  The only exception is if you're in the middle of a string, in which case you'll need to put in a closing quote on one line and an opening quote on the next, with a + between.

You will need to use the line-spanning character if you want to have (suppressed) line breaks in script entries outside of [Code], however.