why are files written with spaces?

[Polchei]

I wonder why Celestia's catalog files are written with all that space when I can write it without the space and it will work just as fine. Here is what I mean.

The normal script:

"c" "HD 75732"
{
Texture "jupiterlike.jpg"

Mass 70
Radius 56000

EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.1212
SemiMajorAxis 0.241
Eccentricity 0.339
ArgOfPericenter 279
MeanAnomaly 67
}

RotationPeriod 10
}


Or I can write it like this without the long spaces and it can still work:

"c" "HD 75732"
{
Texture "jupiterlike.jpg"
Mass 70
Radius 56000
EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.1212
SemiMajorAxis 0.241
Eccentricity 0.339
ArgOfPericenter 279
MeanAnomaly 67
}
RotationPeriod 10
}

[Polchei]

No, that's not how I the message is suppose to look, I didn't post it like that. These message boards aren't very flexible. I wish I could edit my message and do it over. Let me say it again...

I wonder why Celestia's catalog files are written with all that space when I can write it without the space and it will work just as fine. Here is what I mean.

The normal script:

"c" "HD 75732"
{
Texture "jupiterlike.jpg"

Mass 70
Radius 56000

EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.1212
SemiMajorAxis 0.241
Eccentricity 0.339
ArgOfPericenter 279
MeanAnomaly 67
}

RotationPeriod 10
}


Or I can write it like this without the long spaces and it can still work:

"c" "HD 75732"
{
Texture "jupiterlike.jpg"
Mass 70
Radius 56000
EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.1212
SemiMajorAxis 0.241
Eccentricity 0.339
ArgOfPericenter 279
MeanAnomaly 67
}
RotationPeriod 10
}

[Polchei]

Noooo! It did it again, the message is not suppose to look like that. How can I explain what I'm saying if the messege won't post as it's suppose to????

[JackHiggins]

Register as a user so you can edit your posts.

Then use the

Code: Select all

Code

box to print text with lots of spaces etc.

[selden]

The whitespace is there for human readability.

If you don't need to include any comments, you can even put everything on one line.

(The only comment character that I know about is #, which means "ignore to end of line")

[JackHiggins]

Polchei

You can't use normal html code on this forum. Press quote on my post above to see how I got the code to come out.

[granthutchison]

And for pity's sake register with the forum, so you can at least delete your failed efforts!

Grant