Tidy.exe - enhancement to '/rel : Remove empty lines from the source.' parameter

[Bowmore]

It would be nice if the Tidy.exe parameter

/rel : Remove empty lines from the source.

could have an optional flag 0|1
/rel 0 (default) would work as it currently does and remove all empty lines.

/rel 1 would reduce consecuative lines containing only whitespace to a single empty line. I believe that this will help to make the code more readable by removing excessive whitespace but leaving it where the author intended.

Example:
Running Tidy on the following code with proposed /rel 1 parameter

  ;--------------------------------------------
  $g_sTestRun = GUICtrlRead($GUI_edtTestRun)




  If $g_sTestRun = "" Then
    $iMsgBoxAnswer = MsgBox(53, "Warning", $sMessage)
    Switch $iMsgBoxAnswer
      Case 4 ;Retry
        Return
      Case 2 ;Cancel
        Exit
    EndSwitch
  EndIf


  $g_sTestCase = GUICtrlRead($GUI_edtTestCaseId)

  If $g_sTestCase = "" Then
    $iMsgBoxAnswer = MsgBox(53, "Warning", $sMessage)
    Switch $iMsgBoxAnswer
      Case 4 ;Retry
        Return
      Case 2 ;Cancel
        Exit
    EndSwitch
  EndIf
  ;--------------------------------------------

would produce the following output.

  ;--------------------------------------------
  $g_sTestRun = GUICtrlRead($GUI_edtTestRun)

  If $g_sTestRun = "" Then
    $iMsgBoxAnswer = MsgBox(53, "Warning", $sMessage)
    Switch $iMsgBoxAnswer
      Case 4 ;Retry
        Return
      Case 2 ;Cancel
        Exit
    EndSwitch
  EndIf

  $g_sTestCase = GUICtrlRead($GUI_edtTestCaseId)

  If $g_sTestCase = "" Then
    $iMsgBoxAnswer = MsgBox(53, "Warning", $sMessage)
    Switch $iMsgBoxAnswer
      Case 4 ;Retry
        Return
      Case 2 ;Cancel
        Exit
    EndSwitch
  EndIf
  ;--------------------------------------------

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[Jos]

Just wondering why you are not siply putting a ; on the lines you want to keep?
That is what I do when I want to have an empty seperator line.

[anonymous]

Replying to Jos:

Just wondering why you are not siply putting a ; on the lines you want to keep?
That is what I do when I want to have an empty seperator line.

That is what I do when I remember to, but offten I forget and when I run Tidy with /rel I need to go back and put the blank lines back. No great hassal, but it would be nice to have the option to leave a single blank line.

[Jos]

I have added trhis option as it was pretty easy to do.
Check the Tidy version available in the Beta download directory.

INI
* Remove Empty lines from Script Source. 1=Remove all 2=Remove all more then 1
Remove_Empty_Lines=1
Remove_Empty_Lines=2

Commandline / #Tidy_Parameter:
/r_empty_lines or /rel 
/r_extra_empty_lines or /reel 

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