Added simple formatting to comments. \n\n becomes </p><p> and \n becomes <br />

scribeengine/lib/helpers.py

@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ Helper functions
 Consists of functions to typically be used within templates, but also
 available to Controllers. This module is available to both as 'h'.
 """
+import logging
 
 from webhelpers.html import escape, HTML, literal, url_escape
 from webhelpers.date import distance_of_time_in_words
 from pylons import session, url as url_for
 from pylons.controllers.util import redirect_to
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 class Flash(object):
     def set_message(self, message_text, message_type, message_head=None):
         session[u'flash.text'] = message_text
@@ -77,6 +80,13 @@ def teaser(text):
             text = text[:position]
     return text
 
+def comment(text):
+    text = text.replace(u'\r\n', u'\n')
+    paralist = escape(text).split(u'\n\n')
+    paragraphs = u'</p><p>'.join([para.strip(u'\n') for para in paralist])
+    text = paragraphs.replace(u'\n', u'<br />')
+    return literal(text)
+
 def url_for_post(post):
     #TODO: this is hard coded.
     return url_for(

scribeengine/public/styles/style.css

@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ hr {
     font-size: 0.9em;
 }
 
+.comment-body p {
+    margin-top: 0;
+    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+
 .user-details {
     margin-top: 0;
 }

scribeengine/templates/blog/view.mako

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
                         by <cite>${comment.user.nick}</cite>
                         on ${comment.created.strftime('%B %d, %Y')} at ${comment.created.strftime('%H:%M')}
                     </div>
-                    <div>
-                        ${comment.body}
+                    <div class="comment-body">
+                        <p>${h.comment(comment.body)}</p>
                     </div>
                 </li>
 % endfor