There's no documentation for this item.

Source Code

# File rdoc/markup/simple_markup/lines.rb, line 42
def initialize(text)
  @text    = text.dup
  @deleted = false

  # expand tabs
  1 while @text.gsub!(/\t+/) { ' ' * (8*$&.length - $`.length % 8)}  && $~ #`

  # Strip trailing whitespace
  @text.sub!(/\s+$/, '')

  # and look for leading whitespace
  if @text.length > 0
    @text =~ /^(\s*)/
    @leading_spaces = $1.length
  else
    @leading_spaces = INFINITY
  end
end