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Currently, when using the book editor UI (before books are signed of course) text at the end of a page will be automatically wrapped over to the next page as long as it is proceeded by a [space]. This is a pretty useful mechanic for when someone is copy and pasting large amounts of text, as it will wrap over to each new page and fill out the book nicely.

However, VTML is allowed to be used in this editor to create nicely formatted text. Text requires some VTML syntax in order to take on the desired formatting characteristics. This VTML syntax is hidden when the book is signed and read by a player, but of course it is not hidden when the book is still being edited. This causes an issue though regarding the automatic page wrapping. The syntax text itself (before it is made invisible when the book is signed) may push text off its page and onto the next. This means that text that would otherwise be on page 1 of a signed book, is now pushed to page 2 (even when the book is signed). This all means that as a player uses more syntax to format the text on a page, proportional empty space will appear at the bottom of the signed page (as the text which could occupy that space is forced onto the next page needlessly). This also will affect the syntax itself, considering some VTML commands include a [space]. If these commands are at the bottom of the page, they will get cut in half and part of them wrapped to the next page.

As it is, text without a [space] will not be automatically wrapped to the next page until a space is given. I'm pretty sure that the issues I'm having with the VTML commands will mostly go away if an option is given to stop the book automatically wrapping text to the next page, instead allowing the text to pile off end of the page. As far as I can tell visually, the text which has overflowed beyond the bounds of the page but has not been wrapped to the next page is removed when the book is signed. (Although, VTML commands without spaces in them still seem to work).

One more thing. A general update to the book editor UI would be appreciated but not necessary. Seeing the VTML format edits in the editor screen without needing to sign the book first would be a good feature.

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