line break bug

[araneta]

Environment

• Version of docxtemplater : "docxtemplater": "^3.6.2",
• Used docxtemplater-modules :
• Runner : nodejs v8.9.0

How to reproduce my problem :

My template is the following : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uz4l5Dw4vsmG73RXLDO1xKukoJwqBvnW/view?usp=sharing

With the following js file :

var fgen = uuidv4()+'.docx';
var pre = '<w:p><w:r><w:t>';
var post = '</w:t></w:r></w:p>';
var lineBreak = '<w:br/>';
var str = signaturex.content.replace("\n", lineBreak);
req.body.signature_text = pre+str+post;
dispo.generateDocx(dispo.docTypeFolder()+docType.fileName, req.body, fgen); 

//dispo.js
//generate doc from doc type
exports.generateDocx = function(templateDocx, fieldValues, resultDocx){
	//Load the docx file as a binary
	var content = fs
    .readFileSync(templateDocx, 'binary');

	var zip = new JSZip(content);

	var doc = new Docxtemplater();
	doc.loadZip(zip);
	//set the templateVariables
	doc.setData(fieldValues);

	try {
		// render the document (replace all occurences of {first_name} by John, {last_name} by Doe, ...)
		doc.render()
	}
	catch (error) {
		var e = {
			message: error.message,
			name: error.name,
			stack: error.stack,
			properties: error.properties,
		}
		console.log(JSON.stringify({error: e}));
		// The error thrown here contains additional information when logged with JSON.stringify (it contains a property object).
		throw error;
	}

	var buf = doc.getZip()
				 .generate({type: 'nodebuffer'});

	// buf is a nodejs buffer, you can either write it to a file or do anything else with it.
	
	fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(config.generated_docx_folder, resultDocx), buf);
		
}

the signaturex.content variable is plain text:
a.n. Rektor,
Kepala Biro AUAK IAIN Tulungagung

(Tanda Tangan dan Cap Dinas)

Nama Lengkap
NIP.

=============================

its working but the font family changed to times new roman and the text position is changed to the left side, please check the result doc at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SotE0XTYXSzb1y8mzMvy8ijLNP1xbCj_/view?usp=sharing

Thanks

[edi9999]

Hello @araneta ,

The raw-xml module is indeed too low level to handle the newlines very well. I will consider removing it from the documentation.

The best I can advice for now is to do as @jtetherton suggested in another issue : #144 (comment)

That is rewrite DocUtils to be :

DocUtils.charMap = {
	"&": "&",
	"'": "'",
	"<": "&lt;",
	">": "&gt;",
	"\n":"<w:br/>"
};

This way, you won't have to use raw xml tags, every tagvalue containing a newline will create them in the resulting document.

[edi9999]

In docxtemplater 4.0, this will be the default behavior.

[edi9999]

Hello @araneta ,

I wanted to let you know that I have now made it more easy to add newlines.

You now do not need to use the rawmodule anymore, but it can be set with a global option :

    doc.setOptions({linebreaks:true});
    doc.setData({text: "My text,\nmultiline"});
    doc.render();

You will need docxtemplater 3.8.0, which I have just published.