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--- software:yaml [2025/05/27 15:25] – ron
+++ software:yaml [2025/05/31 15:02] (current) – ron
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 copied from [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3790454/how-do-i-break-a-string-in-yaml-over-multiple-lines)
-* `>`  - interior line breaks are stripped out, although you get one at the end.
+* `>`  → interior line breaks are stripped out, although you get one at the end.
-* `|`  - line breaks are preserved as \n
+* `|`  → line breaks are preserved as \n
-* `>-` - like `>` but without trailing line break
+* `>-` → like `>` but without trailing line break
-* `|-` - like `|` but without trailing line break
+* `|-` → like `|` but without trailing line break
 In this table:
-\b means space character, \n means "newline character" except were noted.
+\b means space character, \n means "newline character" except where noted.
-"Leading space" refers to an additional space character on the second line, when the first is only spaces (which establishes the indent).
+"Leading space" refers to an additional space character on the second line, when the first characters are only spaces (which establishes the indent).
 ^                                 ^ `>`  ^ `|`  ^ `>-` ^ `|-` ^ `>+` ^ `|+` ^    ^ `"`^ `'`^