PGetDisplaySpecial

Gets the display status of the Display ¶ option for the story active in the story editor. Display ¶ displays or hides special characters (spaces, tab characters, hard returns, and soft returns).

Query results

This query returns a boolean indicating whether Display ¶ is off (false) or on (true)
Story editor only. The PGetDisplaySpecial query works only in story editor and gets the status of only the active story.

Example. Show special characters, using the PDisplaySpecial command class. 

PEditStory();	// open story editor
PGetDisplaySpecial displaySpecialChars;
if (displaySpecialChars == false) PDisplaySpecial(true)

See also

The PGetDisplayStyleNames query


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