latex output (try tidy); linebreaks more generally

21 files changed, 323 insertions, 181 deletions

diff --git a/org/default_misc.org b/org/default_misc.org
index 429e13a..60419d8 100644
--- a/org/default_misc.org
+++ b/org/default_misc.org
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ template InternalMarkup() {
     string mark_internal_site_lnk = "¤";
     string nbsp                   = "░";
     string br_line                = "┘";
-    string br_newline_inline      = "┙";
-    string br_paragraph           = "┚";
+    string br_line_inline         = "┙";
+    string br_line_spaced         = "┚";
     string br_obj                 = "break_obj";
     string br_page_line           = "┼";
     string br_page                = "┿";
diff --git a/org/default_regex.org b/org/default_regex.org
index 86f6d2d..8d7a26f 100644
--- a/org/default_regex.org
+++ b/org/default_regex.org
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ static space                                          = ctRegex!(`[ ]`, "mg");
 static spaces_keep                                    = ctRegex!(`(?P<keep_spaces>^[ ]+|[ ]{2,})`, "mg"); // code, verse, block
 static spaces_line_start                              = ctRegex!(`^(?P<opening_spaces>[ ]+)`, "mg");
 static nbsp_char                                      = ctRegex!(`░`, "mg");
+static nbsp_chars                                     = ctRegex!(`[░]+`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** filename (& path) (including insert file) :insert:file:path:filename:
@@ -535,9 +536,12 @@ static src_formalised_file_path_parts                 = ctRegex!(`(?P<pth>(?:[/a
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 /+ line breaks +/
 static br_empty_line                                  = ctRegex!(`\n[ ]*\n`, "mg");
-static br_newlines_linebreaks                         = ctRegex!(`[\n┘┙]`, "mg");
+static br_linebreaks_newlines                         = ctRegex!(`[\n┘┙]`, "mg");
+static br_linebreaks                                  = ctRegex!(`[┘┙]`, "mg");
 static br_line                                        = ctRegex!(`┘`, "mg");
-static br_newline_inline                              = ctRegex!(`┙`, "mg");
+static br_line_inline                                 = ctRegex!(`┙`, "mg");
+static br_line_spaced                                 = ctRegex!(`┚`, "mg");
+static brln                                           = ctRegex!(`(?:\\\\)+`, "mg");
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** inline (internal program) markup footnotes endnotes :inline:footnote:
diff --git a/org/meta_conf_make_meta.org b/org/meta_conf_make_meta.org
index 983cc75..389bc0d 100644
--- a/org/meta_conf_make_meta.org
+++ b/org/meta_conf_make_meta.org
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ string check_input_markup()(
   string _txt,
 ) {
   _txt = _txt
-   .replaceAll(regex(r"\\"), mkup.br_newline_inline)
+   .replaceAll(regex(r"\\"), mkup.br_line_inline)
    .strip;
   return _txt;
 }
diff --git a/org/metaverse.org b/org/metaverse.org
index a7a1c9e..1ae0be4 100644
--- a/org/metaverse.org
+++ b/org/metaverse.org
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ if (pith["block_is"]    == eN.blk_is.quote) {
   line = line
     ._doc_header_and_make_substitutions_(conf_make_meta)
     ._doc_header_and_make_substitutions_fontface_(conf_make_meta)
-    .replaceAll(rgx.para_delimiter, mkup.br_paragraph ~ "$1");
+    .replaceAll(rgx.para_delimiter, mkup.br_line_spaced ~ "$1");
   an_object = line.flow_txt_block_group(an_object, pith);
   continue;
 #+END_SRC
@@ -5170,11 +5170,11 @@ if (pith["block_is"] == eN.blk_is.quote) {
         an_object[an_object_key] = an_object[an_object_key]
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title_author_date,
             (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full
-            ~ mkup.br_newline_inline
+            ~ mkup.br_line_inline
             ~ conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author
             ~ " (" ~ (conf_make_meta.meta.date_published.replaceFirst(regex(r"(?:-00)+"),"")) ~ ")"))
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title,
-            (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_newline_inline))
+            (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_line_inline))
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_author,
             conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author)
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_date,
@@ -5185,10 +5185,10 @@ if (pith["block_is"] == eN.blk_is.quote) {
         an_object[an_object_key] = an_object[an_object_key]
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title_author_date,
             (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full
-            ~ mkup.br_newline_inline
+            ~ mkup.br_line_inline
             ~ conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author))
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title,
-            (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_newline_inline))
+            (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_line_inline))
           .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_author,
             conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author);
       } else if (an_object[an_object_key].match(rgx.variable_doc_title)) {
@@ -5893,7 +5893,7 @@ invariant() {
   obj_txt["munge"] = obj_txt_in
    .replaceFirst(rgx.headings, "")
    .replaceFirst(rgx.object_number_off_all, "")
-   .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_newline_inline)
+   .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_line_inline)
    .strip;
   TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt["munge"], reset_note_numbers);
   debug(munge) {
@@ -5925,7 +5925,7 @@ invariant() {
   obj_txt["munge"] = (obj_txt_in)
     .replaceFirst(rgx.para_attribs, "")
     .replaceFirst(rgx.object_number_off_all, "")
-    .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_newline_inline);
+    .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_line_inline);
   TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt["munge"]);
   debug(munge) {
     writeln(__LINE__);
@@ -5976,7 +5976,7 @@ invariant() {
 #+NAME: meta_emitters_obj_inline_markup_munge_function_group
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 @safe auto munge_group(string obj_txt_in) {
-  TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt_in.split("\n\n").join(" \\\\\n \\\\\n"));
+  TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt_in.split("\n\n").join("\n" ~ mkup.br_line_spaced ~ "\n")); // br_line br_line_inline br_line_spaced
   return t;
 }
 invariant() {
diff --git a/org/out_latex.org b/org/out_latex.org
index af17d60..bac3158 100644
--- a/org/out_latex.org
+++ b/org/out_latex.org
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
   <<output_latex_shared_fontface>>
   <<output_latex_shared_leading_hardspaces>>
   <<output_latex_shared_character_nbsp_to_hardspace>>
+  <<output_latex_shared_character_spaces_to_hardspace>>
   <<output_latex_shared_character_nbsp_to_space>>
   <<output_latex_shared_links_and_images>>
   <<output_latex_shared_footnotes>>
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ _txt = _txt
 #+END_SRC
 
 **** spaces
-***** leading hardspace
+***** leading hardspace UNUSED
 
 #+NAME: output_latex_shared_leading_hardspaces
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ _txt = _txt
 ) {
   string hardspaces(string _spaces) {
     _spaces  = _spaces
-      .replaceAll(rgx.space, "\\hardspace ");
+      .replaceAll(rgx.space, "{\\s}");
     return _spaces;
   }
   _txt = replaceAll!(m => hardspaces(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.spaces_line_start);
@@ -564,13 +565,49 @@ _txt = _txt
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+***** nbsp character UNUSED
+
+#+NAME: output_latex_shared_character_nbsp_to_hardspace_
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+@safe string nbsp_char_replace()(string _txt) {
+  if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+    _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, "{\\s}");
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 ***** nbsp character
 
 #+NAME: output_latex_shared_character_nbsp_to_hardspace
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 @safe string nbsp_char()(string _txt) {
   if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
-    _txt  = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, "\\hardspace ");
+    foreach (m; _txt.matchAll(rgx.nbsp_chars)) {
+      int spaces_ = 0;
+      foreach (n; m[0].matchAll(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+        spaces_ ++;
+      }
+      _txt = _txt.replaceFirst(rgx.nbsp_chars, "\\spaces{" ~ spaces_.to!string ~ "}");
+    }
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** keep spaces
+
+#+NAME: output_latex_shared_character_spaces_to_hardspace
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+@safe string spaces_to_nbsp()(string _txt) {
+  if (_txt.match(rgx.spaces_keep)) {
+    foreach (m; _txt.matchAll(rgx.spaces_keep)) {
+      int spaces_ = 0;
+      foreach (n; m[0].matchAll(rgx.space)) {
+        spaces_ ++;
+      }
+      _txt = _txt.replaceFirst(rgx.spaces_keep, "\\spaces{" ~ spaces_.to!string ~ "}");
+    }
   }
   return _txt;
 }
@@ -631,9 +668,9 @@ _txt = _txt
           ((m[1] == m[2]) && (m[2].match(rgx.uri))) // url link (regular link with url)
           ? format(q"┃\linkurl{%s}{%s}┃", _check_link(m[1]), (_check_link(m[1])).sp_char_esc_txt)
           : ((m[2].match(rgx.uri)) && (m[1].match(rgx.inline_image_info))) // linked image
-            ? format(q"┃%s\href{%s}%s{%s}┃", "\\br\n", _check_link(m[2]), "\n", _if_images(m[1])) // markup for images
+            ? format(q"┃%s\href{%s}%s{%s}┃", "\\br ", _check_link(m[2]), "\n", _if_images(m[1])) // markup for images
             : (m[2].match(rgx.uri)) // not linked image
-              ? format(q"┃%s\linktext{%s}{%s}┃", "\\br\n", _check_link(m[2]), m[1]) // regular link with text
+              ? format(q"┃%s\linktext{%s}{%s}┃", "\\br ", _check_link(m[2]), m[1]) // regular link with text
               : format(q"┃\hyperlink{%s}{%s}┃", _check_link(m[2]), _if_images(m[1])) // internal links, like book index
         )(_txt, rgx.inline_link);
     }
@@ -653,7 +690,7 @@ _txt = _txt
   if (_txt.match(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen)) {
     string _tex_note = q"┃\hypertarget{noteref_%s}{}\footnote[%s]{%%
 \label{note_%s}%s}┃";
-    _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_regular_number_note,
+    _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_linebreaks).join("\\br ").replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_regular_number_note,
       format(_tex_note,
         "$1", "$1", "$1",
         "$2".strip
@@ -713,7 +750,7 @@ _txt = _txt
     string _tex_para;
     _tex_para = q"┃%s┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
-      _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak, "\n") ~ "\n\\br\n"
+      _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak, "\n") ~ "\n\\brln\n"
     );
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -735,7 +772,7 @@ _txt = _txt
   if (obj.attrib.bullet) {
     int _bullet_space = 5;
     _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin + _bullet_space).to!string;
-    _txt  = format(q"┃\begin{Bullet}{%smm}$\txtbullet$\hspace{\enspace}%s\end{Bullet}┃",
+    _txt  = format(q"┃\begin{Bullet}{%smm}%s\end{Bullet}┃",
       _indent,
       _txt.footnotes
     ).strip;
@@ -758,7 +795,7 @@ _txt = _txt
     _tex_para = q"┃\begin{ParagraphHang}{%smm}{%smm}%s \end{ParagraphHang}┃";
     _txt = format(_tex_para,
       _indent, _hang,
-      _txt.footnotes
+      _txt.footnotes.split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines).join("\\br\n")
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -973,7 +1010,6 @@ _txt = _txt
 \pagenumbering{arabic}
 \setcounter{page}{1}
 \markboth{ }{ }
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
 \part*{\ocn{1}%s \newline %s}
 
 \clearpage
@@ -1053,14 +1089,14 @@ string group(O,M)(
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "group") {
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
-\begin{footnotesize}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objGroupOpen
 %s
-\end{footnotesize}
+\objGroupClose
 ┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
-      _txt.footnotes.strip
+      _txt.footnotes.split(rgx.br_line_spaced).join("\\brl{1}").strip // provides more control (more noise, not as tidy)
+      // _txt.footnotes.split(rgx.br_line_spaced).join("") // this works using a line-space, looks tidy, keep ref.
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -1079,26 +1115,21 @@ string block(O,M)(
   M           doc_matters,
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "block") {
-    // _txt = _txt.nbsp_char;
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
-\begin{footnotesize}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objBlockOpen
 %s
-\end{footnotesize}
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
-┃"; // \hardspace
-    /+ try both: +/
-    _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join("\n\n"); // _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join(" \\\n");
-    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+\objBlockClose
+┃";
+    _txt = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
-      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.strip
+      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines).join("\\br\n").strip
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
-**** verse
+**** (poem) verse
 
 - (hardspace honored) \hardspace
 
@@ -1111,18 +1142,13 @@ string verse(O,M)(
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "verse") {
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.1ex plus0.1ex minus0.1ex}
-\begin{footnotesize}
-
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objPoemVerseOpen
 %s
-
-\end{footnotesize}
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
-\linebreak
-┃"; // \hardspace
+\objPoemVerseClose
+┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
-      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.split("\n").join("\n\n").strip
+      _txt.spaces_to_nbsp.footnotes.split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines).join("\\br\n").strip
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -1142,12 +1168,9 @@ string codeblock(O,M)(
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "code") {
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}\begin{Codeblock}
-\begin{lstlisting}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\begin{objCodeBlock}\begin{lstlisting}
 %s
-\end{lstlisting}
-\end{Codeblock}
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+\end{lstlisting}\end{objCodeBlock}
 ┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
@@ -1239,14 +1262,9 @@ string table(O,M)(
       );
     }
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}
-\setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}
-\setlength{\LTright}{\fill}
-\begin{tiny}
-\begin{longtable}{%s}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objTableOpen{%s}
 %s
-\end{longtable}
-\end{tiny}
+\objTableClose
 ┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
@@ -1700,7 +1718,7 @@ string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% spine LaTeX output
 \usepackage[tc]{titlepic}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \makeatletter
-\parindent0pt
+\parindent{0pt}
 \usepackage{amssymb}
 \usepackage{listings}
 \usepackage{color}
@@ -1748,6 +1766,7 @@ string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% spine LaTeX output
 \setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
 }
 \item[]
+$\txtbullet$\hspace{\enspace}
 }
 {\end{list}}
 #+END_SRC
@@ -1781,16 +1800,52 @@ string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% spine LaTeX output
 \chardef\tilde="7E
 \def\asterisk{{\rm \char42} }
 \definecolor{Light}{gray}{.92}
-\newcommand{\Codeblock}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
 \newcommand{\monosp}[1]{\normaltext\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\br}{\hfill\break}
+\newcommand{\brl}[1]{%%
+  \ifx&#1&%%
+    \hfill\break
+  \else
+    \vspace{#1ex}
+  \fi
+}
+\newcommand{\brln}{\hspace*{\fill}\linebreak}
+\newcomand{\objBlockOpen}{
+  \setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}\raggedright
+  \begin{footnotesize}
+}
+\newcomand{\objBlockClose}{%%
+  \end{footnotesize}
+  \setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+}
+\newcomand{\objGroupOpen}{%%
+  \setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
+  \begin{footnotesize}
+}
+\newcomand{\objGroupClose}{%%
+  \end{footnotesize}
+}
+\newcommand{\objPoemVerseOpen}{%%
+  \setlength{\parskip}{0.1ex plus0.1ex minus0.1ex}
+  \begin{footnotesize}
+
+}
+\newcommand{\objPoemVerseClose}{%%
+
+  \end{footnotesize}
+  \setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+  \linebreak
+}
 \newcommand{\parasep}{\smallskip \begin{center}*\hspace{2em}*\hspace{2em}*\end{center} \br}
-\newcommand{\br}{\hspace*{\fill}}
-\newcommand{\brln}{\smallskip}
-\newcommand{\hardspace}{{~}}
+\newcommand{\spaces}[1]{{\hspace*{#1ex}}}
+\newcommand{\s}{\hspace*{1ex}}
+\newcommand{\hardspace}{\hspace*{1ex}}
+\newcommand{\-}{\hspace*{1ex}}
+\newcommand{\..}{\hspace*{1ex}} %% dots trailing
 \newcommand{\caret}{{\^{~}}}
 \newcommand{\pipe}{{\textbar}}
-\newcommand{\curlyopen}{{}
-\newcommand{\curlyclose}{}}
+\newcommand{\curlyOpen}{{}
+\newcommand{\curlyClose}{}}
 \newcommand{\lt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{<}}}
 \newcommand{\gt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{>}}}
 \newcommand{\slash}{{/}}
@@ -1802,18 +1857,27 @@ string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% spine LaTeX output
 {\scriptsize\ttfamily\ulcorner\textup{{#2}}\lrcorner}}}
 \newcommand{\link}[2]{{\begin{scriptsize}\color{black}\urlstyle{tt}\href{#1}
 {\ulcorner{#2}\lrcorner}\end{scriptsize}}}
+\newcommand{\objCodeBlock}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\objCodeOpen}{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash
+\begin{lstlisting}
+}
+\newcommand{\objCodeClose}{
+\end{lstlisting}
+}
 \newcommand{\ocn}[1]{%%
+  \setlength{\parindent}{0em}
   \ifx&#1&%%
     %% #1 is empty
-    \begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\end{tiny}}}
+    \hspace{-0.5ex}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\end{tiny}}}
   \else
     %% #1 is nonempty
-    \begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{#1}{#1}\end{tiny}}}
+    \hspace{-0.5ex}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0em}\hypertarget{#1}{#1}\end{tiny}}}
   \fi
 }
 \newcommand{\ocnhold}[1]{
 \begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{#1}{#1}\end{tiny}}}
 }
+\newcommand{\objCodeBlockHold}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
 \definecolor{listinggray}{gray}{0.9}
 \definecolor{lbcolor}{rgb}{0.9,0.9,0.9}
 \lstset{
@@ -1821,9 +1885,8 @@ string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% spine LaTeX output
   tabsize=4,
   rulecolor=,
   language=,
-  basicstyle=\scriptsize,
+  basicstyle={\ttfamily\scriptsize},
   upquote=true,
-  aboveskip={1.5\baselineskip},
   columns=fixed,
   showstringspaces=false,
   extendedchars=true,
@@ -1838,6 +1901,16 @@ string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% spine LaTeX output
   commentstyle=\color[rgb]{0.133,0.545,0.133},
   stringstyle=\color[rgb]{0.627,0.126,0.941},
 }
+\newcommand{\objTableOpen}[1]{
+\setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}
+\setlength{\LTright}{\fill}
+\begin{tiny}
+\begin{longtable}{#1}
+}
+\newcommand{\objTableClose}{
+\end{longtable}
+\end{tiny}
+}
 #+END_SRC
 
 %%\chardef\asterisk="2A
@@ -1956,23 +2029,19 @@ case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head"); // surprise
     switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
     case "quote":
       goto default; // TODO
-    case "group":
-      /+ (hardspaces not honored) [remove any hardspace marker] +/
+    case "group": /+ (hardspaces not honored) [remove any hardspace marker] +/
       _txt = _txt.group(obj, doc_matters)
         .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
       goto default;
-    case "block":
-      /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+    case "block": /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
       _txt = _txt.block(obj, doc_matters)
         .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
       goto default;
-    case "verse":
-      /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+    case "verse": /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
       _txt = _txt.verse(obj, doc_matters)
         .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
       goto default;
-    case "code":
-      /+ (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker +/
+    case "code": /+ (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker +/
       _txt = _txt.codeblock(obj, doc_matters);
       goto default;
     case "table":
diff --git a/org/out_odt.org b/org/out_odt.org
index a7f490a..3b23e23 100644
--- a/org/out_odt.org
+++ b/org/out_odt.org
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ string _font_face(string _txt){
       - only double newlines (paragraph delimiter), (not line breaks, single new lines)
     - no hard space indentation
   +/
-  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
   _o_txt_odt = _block_type_delimiters(_block_lines, obj);
   return _o_txt_odt;
 }
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ string _font_face(string _txt){
   assert(obj.metainfo.is_of_type    == "block");
   assert(obj.metainfo.is_a          == "block");
   string _o_txt_odt = markup(obj);
-  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
   _o_txt_odt = _block_type_delimiters(_block_lines, obj);
   return _o_txt_odt;
 }
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ string _font_face(string _txt){
   assert(obj.metainfo.is_of_type    == "block");
   assert(obj.metainfo.is_a          == "verse");
   string _o_txt_odt = markup(obj);
-  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
   _o_txt_odt = _block_type_delimiters(_block_lines, obj);
   return _o_txt_odt;
 }
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ string _font_face(string _txt){
       - "^[ ]" &#160;
       - count number only at beginning of line and replace each
   +/
-  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+  string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
   string _block = "";
   foreach (i, _line; _block_lines) {
     if (i == 1) {
diff --git a/org/out_sqlite.org b/org/out_sqlite.org
index cfe7892..a628cc6 100644
--- a/org/out_sqlite.org
+++ b/org/out_sqlite.org
@@ -551,8 +551,9 @@ string munge_html(M,O)(
       .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&#60;")
       .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&#62;")
       .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ")
-      .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+      .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
       .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
+      .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br /><br />")
       .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_line_break,   "<br />");
     return _txt;
   }
@@ -593,8 +594,9 @@ string html_special_characters(string _txt){
     .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&#60;")
     .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&#62;")
     .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ")
-    .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
     .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br /><br />")
     .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_line_break,   "<br />");
   return _txt;
 }
diff --git a/org/out_xmls.org b/org/out_xmls.org
index c082a76..54a2174 100644
--- a/org/out_xmls.org
+++ b/org/out_xmls.org
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ import
     .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&lt;")   // "&#60;"
     .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&gt;")   // "&#62;"
     .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
-    .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br />\n<br />")
     .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ");
   return _txt;
 }
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ import
   _txt = _txt
     .replaceAll(regex(r"(?:-00)+"),     "")
     .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
+    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br />\n<br />")
     .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ");
   return _txt;
 }
@@ -338,7 +341,7 @@ import
       .replaceAll(
         rgx.br_line, "")
       .replaceAll(
-        rgx.br_newline_inline, "");
+        rgx.br_line_inline, "");
   } else {
      _locations = "<p class=\"tiny_left\"><a href=\"https://www.doc-reform.org\">spine</a></p>\n<p class=\"tiny_left\"><a href=\"https://git.sisudoc.org/software/spine/\">sources / git</a></p>\n<p class=\"tiny_left\"><a href=\"https://www.sisudoc.org\">www.sisudoc.org</a></p>";
   }
@@ -1558,7 +1561,7 @@ import
   string codelines(string _txt) {
     string _codelines;
     if (obj.code_block.linenumbers) {
-      string[] _block_lines = (_txt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+      string[] _block_lines = (_txt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
       _codelines = "  <pre class=\"codeline\">\n";
       foreach (k, _line; _block_lines) {
         if (k == 1) {
@@ -2599,7 +2602,7 @@ xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container">
     </li>┃",
                   obj.text
                     .replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen, "")
-                    .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline, "<br />")
+                    .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline, "<br />")
                     .strip,
                 );
                 toc ~= "\n";
diff --git a/org/spine.org b/org/spine.org
index 59e178c..ea133cc 100644
--- a/org/spine.org
+++ b/org/spine.org
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ struct DocumentMatters {
       return "https://sisudoc.org";
     }
     @safe string url_git() {
-      return "https://git.sisudoc.org/software/sisu";
+      return "https://git.sisudoc.org/projects/";
     }
     @safe auto compiler() {
       return program_info.compiler;
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/defaults.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/defaults.d
index 6839c92..94a85dd 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/defaults.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/defaults.d
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ template InternalMarkup() {
     string mark_internal_site_lnk = "¤";
     string nbsp                   = "░";
     string br_line                = "┘";
-    string br_newline_inline      = "┙";
-    string br_paragraph           = "┚";
+    string br_line_inline         = "┙";
+    string br_line_spaced         = "┚";
     string br_obj                 = "break_obj";
     string br_page_line           = "┼";
     string br_page                = "┿";
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
index 0444aed..44607f7 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/epub3.d
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ template outputEPub3() {
       .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&lt;")   // "&#60;"
       .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&gt;")   // "&#62;"
       .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
-      .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+      .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
+      .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br />\n<br />")
       .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ");
     return _txt;
   }
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ template outputEPub3() {
       </li>┃",
                     obj.text
                       .replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen, "")
-                      .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline, "<br />")
+                      .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline, "<br />")
                       .strip,
                   );
                   toc ~= "\n";
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d
index e70c315..ca809d5 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/latex.d
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
   ) {
     string hardspaces(string _spaces) {
       _spaces  = _spaces
-        .replaceAll(rgx.space, "\\hardspace ");
+        .replaceAll(rgx.space, "{\\s}");
       return _spaces;
     }
     _txt = replaceAll!(m => hardspaces(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.spaces_line_start);
@@ -392,7 +392,25 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
   }
   @safe string nbsp_char()(string _txt) {
     if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
-      _txt  = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, "\\hardspace ");
+      foreach (m; _txt.matchAll(rgx.nbsp_chars)) {
+        int spaces_ = 0;
+        foreach (n; m[0].matchAll(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+          spaces_ ++;
+        }
+        _txt = _txt.replaceFirst(rgx.nbsp_chars, "\\spaces{" ~ spaces_.to!string ~ "}");
+      }
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  @safe string spaces_to_nbsp()(string _txt) {
+    if (_txt.match(rgx.spaces_keep)) {
+      foreach (m; _txt.matchAll(rgx.spaces_keep)) {
+        int spaces_ = 0;
+        foreach (n; m[0].matchAll(rgx.space)) {
+          spaces_ ++;
+        }
+        _txt = _txt.replaceFirst(rgx.spaces_keep, "\\spaces{" ~ spaces_.to!string ~ "}");
+      }
     }
     return _txt;
   }
@@ -440,9 +458,9 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
             ((m[1] == m[2]) && (m[2].match(rgx.uri))) // url link (regular link with url)
             ? format(q"┃\linkurl{%s}{%s}┃", _check_link(m[1]), (_check_link(m[1])).sp_char_esc_txt)
             : ((m[2].match(rgx.uri)) && (m[1].match(rgx.inline_image_info))) // linked image
-              ? format(q"┃%s\href{%s}%s{%s}┃", "\\br\n", _check_link(m[2]), "\n", _if_images(m[1])) // markup for images
+              ? format(q"┃%s\href{%s}%s{%s}┃", "\\br ", _check_link(m[2]), "\n", _if_images(m[1])) // markup for images
               : (m[2].match(rgx.uri)) // not linked image
-                ? format(q"┃%s\linktext{%s}{%s}┃", "\\br\n", _check_link(m[2]), m[1]) // regular link with text
+                ? format(q"┃%s\linktext{%s}{%s}┃", "\\br ", _check_link(m[2]), m[1]) // regular link with text
                 : format(q"┃\hyperlink{%s}{%s}┃", _check_link(m[2]), _if_images(m[1])) // internal links, like book index
           )(_txt, rgx.inline_link);
       }
@@ -455,7 +473,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
     if (_txt.match(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen)) {
       string _tex_note = q"┃\hypertarget{noteref_%s}{}\footnote[%s]{%%
   \label{note_%s}%s}┃";
-      _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_regular_number_note,
+      _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_linebreaks).join("\\br ").replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_regular_number_note,
         format(_tex_note,
           "$1", "$1", "$1",
           "$2".strip
@@ -496,7 +514,7 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
       string _tex_para;
       _tex_para = q"┃%s┃";
       _txt  = format(_tex_para,
-        _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak, "\n") ~ "\n\\br\n"
+        _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak, "\n") ~ "\n\\brln\n"
       );
     }
     return _txt;
@@ -705,7 +723,6 @@ template outputLaTeX() {
 \pagenumbering{arabic}
 \setcounter{page}{1}
 \markboth{ }{ }
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
 \part*{\ocn{1}%s \newline %s}
 
 \clearpage
@@ -776,14 +793,14 @@ string group(O,M)(
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "group") {
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
-\begin{footnotesize}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objGroupOpen
 %s
-\end{footnotesize}
+\objGroupClose
 ┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
-      _txt.footnotes.strip
+      _txt.footnotes.split(rgx.br_line_spaced).join("\\brl{1}").strip // provides more control (more noise, not as tidy)
+      // _txt.footnotes.split(rgx.br_line_spaced).join("") // this works using a line-space, looks tidy, keep ref.
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -794,19 +811,14 @@ string block(O,M)(
   M           doc_matters,
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "block") {
-    // _txt = _txt.nbsp_char;
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
-\begin{footnotesize}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objBlockOpen
 %s
-\end{footnotesize}
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
-┃"; // \hardspace
-    /+ try both: +/
-    _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join("\n\n"); // _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join(" \\\n");
-    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+\objBlockClose
+┃";
+    _txt = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
-      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.strip
+      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines).join("\\br\n").strip
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -818,18 +830,13 @@ string verse(O,M)(
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "verse") {
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.1ex plus0.1ex minus0.1ex}
-\begin{footnotesize}
-
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objPoemVerseOpen
 %s
-
-\end{footnotesize}
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
-\linebreak
-┃"; // \hardspace
+\objPoemVerseClose
+┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
-      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.split("\n").join("\n\n").strip
+      _txt.spaces_to_nbsp.footnotes.split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines).join("\\br\n").strip
     ).strip;
   }
   return _txt;
@@ -841,12 +848,9 @@ string codeblock(O,M)(
 ) {
   if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "code") {
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}\begin{Codeblock}
-\begin{lstlisting}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\begin{objCodeBlock}\begin{lstlisting}
 %s
-\end{lstlisting}
-\end{Codeblock}
-\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+\end{lstlisting}\end{objCodeBlock}
 ┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
@@ -922,14 +926,9 @@ string table(O,M)(
       );
     }
     string _tex_para;
-    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}
-\setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}
-\setlength{\LTright}{\fill}
-\begin{tiny}
-\begin{longtable}{%s}
+    _tex_para = q"┃\ocn{%s}\objTableOpen{%s}
 %s
-\end{longtable}
-\end{tiny}
+\objTableClose
 ┃";
     _txt  = format(_tex_para,
       obj.metainfo.object_number,
@@ -950,7 +949,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
     if (obj.attrib.bullet) {
       int _bullet_space = 5;
       _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin + _bullet_space).to!string;
-      _txt  = format(q"┃\begin{Bullet}{%smm}$\txtbullet$\hspace{\enspace}%s\end{Bullet}┃",
+      _txt  = format(q"┃\begin{Bullet}{%smm}%s\end{Bullet}┃",
         _indent,
         _txt.footnotes
       ).strip;
@@ -973,7 +972,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
       _tex_para = q"┃\begin{ParagraphHang}{%smm}{%smm}%s \end{ParagraphHang}┃";
       _txt = format(_tex_para,
         _indent, _hang,
-        _txt.footnotes
+        _txt.footnotes.split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines).join("\\br\n")
       ).strip;
     }
     return _txt;
@@ -1188,7 +1187,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
 \usepackage[tc]{titlepic}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \makeatletter
-\parindent0pt
+\parindent{0pt}
 \usepackage{amssymb}
 \usepackage{listings}
 \usepackage{color}
@@ -1230,6 +1229,7 @@ string table(O,M)(
 \setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
 }
 \item[]
+$\txtbullet$\hspace{\enspace}
 }
 {\end{list}}
 \usepackage{fancyhdr}
@@ -1249,16 +1249,52 @@ string table(O,M)(
 \chardef\tilde="7E
 \def\asterisk{{\rm \char42} }
 \definecolor{Light}{gray}{.92}
-\newcommand{\Codeblock}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
 \newcommand{\monosp}[1]{\normaltext\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\br}{\hfill\break}
+\newcommand{\brl}[1]{%%
+  \ifx&#1&%%
+    \hfill\break
+  \else
+    \vspace{#1ex}
+  \fi
+}
+\newcommand{\brln}{\hspace*{\fill}\linebreak}
+\newcomand{\objBlockOpen}{
+  \setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}\raggedright
+  \begin{footnotesize}
+}
+\newcomand{\objBlockClose}{%%
+  \end{footnotesize}
+  \setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+}
+\newcomand{\objGroupOpen}{%%
+  \setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
+  \begin{footnotesize}
+}
+\newcomand{\objGroupClose}{%%
+  \end{footnotesize}
+}
+\newcommand{\objPoemVerseOpen}{%%
+  \setlength{\parskip}{0.1ex plus0.1ex minus0.1ex}
+  \begin{footnotesize}
+
+}
+\newcommand{\objPoemVerseClose}{%%
+
+  \end{footnotesize}
+  \setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+  \linebreak
+}
 \newcommand{\parasep}{\smallskip \begin{center}*\hspace{2em}*\hspace{2em}*\end{center} \br}
-\newcommand{\br}{\hspace*{\fill}}
-\newcommand{\brln}{\smallskip}
-\newcommand{\hardspace}{{~}}
+\newcommand{\spaces}[1]{{\hspace*{#1ex}}}
+\newcommand{\s}{\hspace*{1ex}}
+\newcommand{\hardspace}{\hspace*{1ex}}
+\newcommand{\-}{\hspace*{1ex}}
+\newcommand{\..}{\hspace*{1ex}} %% dots trailing
 \newcommand{\caret}{{\^{~}}}
 \newcommand{\pipe}{{\textbar}}
-\newcommand{\curlyopen}{{}
-\newcommand{\curlyclose}{}}
+\newcommand{\curlyOpen}{{}
+\newcommand{\curlyClose}{}}
 \newcommand{\lt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{<}}}
 \newcommand{\gt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{>}}}
 \newcommand{\slash}{{/}}
@@ -1270,18 +1306,27 @@ string table(O,M)(
 {\scriptsize\ttfamily\ulcorner\textup{{#2}}\lrcorner}}}
 \newcommand{\link}[2]{{\begin{scriptsize}\color{black}\urlstyle{tt}\href{#1}
 {\ulcorner{#2}\lrcorner}\end{scriptsize}}}
+\newcommand{\objCodeBlock}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\objCodeOpen}{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash
+\begin{lstlisting}
+}
+\newcommand{\objCodeClose}{
+\end{lstlisting}
+}
 \newcommand{\ocn}[1]{%%
+  \setlength{\parindent}{0em}
   \ifx&#1&%%
     %% #1 is empty
-    \begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\end{tiny}}}
+    \hspace{-0.5ex}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\end{tiny}}}
   \else
     %% #1 is nonempty
-    \begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{#1}{#1}\end{tiny}}}
+    \hspace{-0.5ex}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0em}\hypertarget{#1}{#1}\end{tiny}}}
   \fi
 }
 \newcommand{\ocnhold}[1]{
 \begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{#1}{#1}\end{tiny}}}
 }
+\newcommand{\objCodeBlockHold}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
 \definecolor{listinggray}{gray}{0.9}
 \definecolor{lbcolor}{rgb}{0.9,0.9,0.9}
 \lstset{
@@ -1289,9 +1334,8 @@ string table(O,M)(
   tabsize=4,
   rulecolor=,
   language=,
-  basicstyle=\scriptsize,
+  basicstyle={\ttfamily\scriptsize},
   upquote=true,
-  aboveskip={1.5\baselineskip},
   columns=fixed,
   showstringspaces=false,
   extendedchars=true,
@@ -1306,6 +1350,16 @@ string table(O,M)(
   commentstyle=\color[rgb]{0.133,0.545,0.133},
   stringstyle=\color[rgb]{0.627,0.126,0.941},
 }
+\newcommand{\objTableOpen}[1]{
+\setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}
+\setlength{\LTright}{\fill}
+\begin{tiny}
+\begin{longtable}{#1}
+}
+\newcommand{\objTableClose}{
+\end{longtable}
+\end{tiny}
+}
   ┃",
     doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex ? "" : doc_matters.generator_program.name_and_version.strip,
     doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do_latex ? "" : doc_matters.generator_program.compiler.strip,
@@ -1383,23 +1437,19 @@ string table(O,M)(
             switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
             case "quote":
               goto default; // TODO
-            case "group":
-              /+ (hardspaces not honored) [remove any hardspace marker] +/
+            case "group": /+ (hardspaces not honored) [remove any hardspace marker] +/
               _txt = _txt.group(obj, doc_matters)
                 .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
               goto default;
-            case "block":
-              /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+            case "block": /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
               _txt = _txt.block(obj, doc_matters)
                 .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
               goto default;
-            case "verse":
-              /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+            case "verse": /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
               _txt = _txt.verse(obj, doc_matters)
                 .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
               goto default;
-            case "code":
-              /+ (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker +/
+            case "code": /+ (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker +/
               _txt = _txt.codeblock(obj, doc_matters);
               goto default;
             case "table":
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d
index b80b9f0..68be605 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/odt.d
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ template formatODT() {
           - only double newlines (paragraph delimiter), (not line breaks, single new lines)
         - no hard space indentation
       +/
-      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
       _o_txt_odt = _block_type_delimiters(_block_lines, obj);
       return _o_txt_odt;
     }
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ template formatODT() {
       assert(obj.metainfo.is_of_type    == "block");
       assert(obj.metainfo.is_a          == "block");
       string _o_txt_odt = markup(obj);
-      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
       _o_txt_odt = _block_type_delimiters(_block_lines, obj);
       return _o_txt_odt;
     }
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ template formatODT() {
       assert(obj.metainfo.is_of_type    == "block");
       assert(obj.metainfo.is_a          == "verse");
       string _o_txt_odt = markup(obj);
-      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
       _o_txt_odt = _block_type_delimiters(_block_lines, obj);
       return _o_txt_odt;
     }
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ template formatODT() {
           - "^[ ]" &#160;
           - count number only at beginning of line and replace each
       +/
-      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+      string[] _block_lines = (_o_txt_odt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
       string _block = "";
       foreach (i, _line; _block_lines) {
         if (i == 1) {
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/rgx.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/rgx.d
index 37ad39c..07133e7 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/rgx.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/rgx.d
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static template spineRgxOut() {
     static spaces_keep                                    = ctRegex!(`(?P<keep_spaces>^[ ]+|[ ]{2,})`, "mg"); // code, verse, block
     static spaces_line_start                              = ctRegex!(`^(?P<opening_spaces>[ ]+)`, "mg");
     static nbsp_char                                      = ctRegex!(`░`, "mg");
+    static nbsp_chars                                     = ctRegex!(`[░]+`, "mg");
     static src_pth_sst_or_ssm                             = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.](?P<extension>ss[tm]))$`);
     static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*?[.]ss[tm])$`);
     static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)/pod[.]manifest$`);
@@ -76,9 +77,12 @@ static template spineRgxOut() {
     static src_formalised_file_path_parts                 = ctRegex!(`(?P<pth>(?:[/a-zA-Z0-9._-]+?)(?P<dir>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))(?:/media/text/[a-z]{2})$`); // formalizes dir structure
     /+ line breaks +/
     static br_empty_line                                  = ctRegex!(`\n[ ]*\n`, "mg");
-    static br_newlines_linebreaks                         = ctRegex!(`[\n┘┙]`, "mg");
+    static br_linebreaks_newlines                         = ctRegex!(`[\n┘┙]`, "mg");
+    static br_linebreaks                                  = ctRegex!(`[┘┙]`, "mg");
     static br_line                                        = ctRegex!(`┘`, "mg");
-    static br_newline_inline                              = ctRegex!(`┙`, "mg");
+    static br_line_inline                                 = ctRegex!(`┙`, "mg");
+    static br_line_spaced                                 = ctRegex!(`┚`, "mg");
+    static brln                                           = ctRegex!(`(?:\\\\)+`, "mg");
     /+ inline markup footnotes endnotes +/
     static inline_notes_al                                = ctRegex!(`【(?:[*+]\s+|\s*)(.+?)】`, "mg");
     static inline_notes_al_special                        = ctRegex!(`【(?:[*+]\s+)(.+?)】`, "mg"); // TODO remove match when special footnotes are implemented
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
index 06a764f..a546998 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/sqlite.d
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
             .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&#60;")
             .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&#62;")
             .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ")
-            .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+            .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
             .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
+            .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br /><br />")
             .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_line_break,   "<br />");
           return _txt;
         }
@@ -276,8 +277,9 @@ template SQLiteFormatAndLoadObject() {
           .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&#60;")
           .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&#62;")
           .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ")
-          .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+          .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
           .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
+          .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br /><br />")
           .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_line_break,   "<br />");
         return _txt;
       }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d b/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d
index b9d5a1b..534ab94 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/io_out/xmls.d
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
         .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_less_than,    "&lt;")   // "&#60;"
         .replaceAll(rgx.xhtml_greater_than, "&gt;")   // "&#62;"
         .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
-        .replaceAll(rgx.br_newline_inline,  "<br />")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br />\n<br />")
         .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ");
       return _txt;
     }
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
       _txt = _txt
         .replaceAll(regex(r"(?:-00)+"),     "")
         .replaceAll(rgx.br_line,            "<br />")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_inline,     "<br />")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.br_line_spaced,     "<br />\n<br />")
         .replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char,          " ");
       return _txt;
     }
@@ -236,7 +239,7 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
           .replaceAll(
             rgx.br_line, "")
           .replaceAll(
-            rgx.br_newline_inline, "");
+            rgx.br_line_inline, "");
       } else {
          _locations = "<p class=\"tiny_left\"><a href=\"https://www.doc-reform.org\">spine</a></p>\n<p class=\"tiny_left\"><a href=\"https://git.sisudoc.org/software/spine/\">sources / git</a></p>\n<p class=\"tiny_left\"><a href=\"https://www.sisudoc.org\">www.sisudoc.org</a></p>";
       }
@@ -1320,7 +1323,7 @@ template outputXHTMLs() {
       string codelines(string _txt) {
         string _codelines;
         if (obj.code_block.linenumbers) {
-          string[] _block_lines = (_txt).split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks);
+          string[] _block_lines = (_txt).split(rgx.br_linebreaks_newlines);
           _codelines = "  <pre class=\"codeline\">\n";
           foreach (k, _line; _block_lines) {
             if (k == 1) {
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/conf_make_meta_yaml.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/conf_make_meta_yaml.d
index cb4a661..caf560f 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/conf_make_meta_yaml.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/conf_make_meta_yaml.d
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ template contentYAMLtoSpineStruct() {
       string _txt,
     ) {
       _txt = _txt
-       .replaceAll(regex(r"\\"), mkup.br_newline_inline)
+       .replaceAll(regex(r"\\"), mkup.br_line_inline)
        .strip;
       return _txt;
     }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/defaults.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/defaults.d
index ea969d5..33794b7 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/defaults.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/defaults.d
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ template InternalMarkup() {
     string mark_internal_site_lnk = "¤";
     string nbsp                   = "░";
     string br_line                = "┘";
-    string br_newline_inline      = "┙";
-    string br_paragraph           = "┚";
+    string br_line_inline         = "┙";
+    string br_line_spaced         = "┚";
     string br_obj                 = "break_obj";
     string br_page_line           = "┼";
     string br_page                = "┿";
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d
index b912c24..194890f 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc.d
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ template spineAbstraction() {
             return "https://sisudoc.org";
           }
           @safe string url_git() {
-            return "https://git.sisudoc.org/software/sisu";
+            return "https://git.sisudoc.org/projects/";
           }
           @safe auto compiler() {
             return program_info.compiler;
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d
index a9005cd..5befb23 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ template docAbstraction() {
             line = line
               ._doc_header_and_make_substitutions_(conf_make_meta)
               ._doc_header_and_make_substitutions_fontface_(conf_make_meta)
-              .replaceAll(rgx.para_delimiter, mkup.br_paragraph ~ "$1");
+              .replaceAll(rgx.para_delimiter, mkup.br_line_spaced ~ "$1");
             an_object = line.flow_txt_block_group(an_object, pith);
             continue;
           } else if (pith["block_is"]    == eN.blk_is.block) {
@@ -4060,11 +4060,11 @@ template docAbstraction() {
           an_object[an_object_key] = an_object[an_object_key]
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title_author_date,
               (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full
-              ~ mkup.br_newline_inline
+              ~ mkup.br_line_inline
               ~ conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author
               ~ " (" ~ (conf_make_meta.meta.date_published.replaceFirst(regex(r"(?:-00)+"),"")) ~ ")"))
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title,
-              (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_newline_inline))
+              (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_line_inline))
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_author,
               conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author)
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_date,
@@ -4075,10 +4075,10 @@ template docAbstraction() {
           an_object[an_object_key] = an_object[an_object_key]
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title_author_date,
               (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full
-              ~ mkup.br_newline_inline
+              ~ mkup.br_line_inline
               ~ conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author))
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_title,
-              (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_newline_inline))
+              (conf_make_meta.meta.title_full ~ mkup.br_line_inline))
             .replaceFirst(rgx.variable_doc_author,
               conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author);
         } else if (an_object[an_object_key].match(rgx.variable_doc_title)) {
@@ -4694,7 +4694,7 @@ template docAbstraction() {
       obj_txt["munge"] = obj_txt_in
        .replaceFirst(rgx.headings, "")
        .replaceFirst(rgx.object_number_off_all, "")
-       .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_newline_inline)
+       .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_line_inline)
        .strip;
       TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt["munge"], reset_note_numbers);
       debug(munge) {
@@ -4711,7 +4711,7 @@ template docAbstraction() {
       obj_txt["munge"] = (obj_txt_in)
         .replaceFirst(rgx.para_attribs, "")
         .replaceFirst(rgx.object_number_off_all, "")
-        .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_newline_inline);
+        .replaceFirst(rgx.markup_inline_linebreak, mkup.br_line_inline);
       TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt["munge"]);
       debug(munge) {
         writeln(__LINE__);
@@ -4729,7 +4729,7 @@ template docAbstraction() {
     invariant() {
     }
     @safe auto munge_group(string obj_txt_in) {
-      TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt_in.split("\n\n").join(" \\\\\n \\\\\n"));
+      TxtPlusHasFootnotesUrlsImages t = object_notes_and_links_(obj_txt_in.split("\n\n").join("\n" ~ mkup.br_line_spaced ~ "\n")); // br_line br_line_inline br_line_spaced
       return t;
     }
     invariant() {
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d
index 8c48eac..7f4815d 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ static template spineRgxIn() {
     static spaces_keep                                    = ctRegex!(`(?P<keep_spaces>^[ ]+|[ ]{2,})`, "mg"); // code, verse, block
     static spaces_line_start                              = ctRegex!(`^(?P<opening_spaces>[ ]+)`, "mg");
     static nbsp_char                                      = ctRegex!(`░`, "mg");
+    static nbsp_chars                                     = ctRegex!(`[░]+`, "mg");
     static src_pth_sst_or_ssm                             = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.](?P<extension>ss[tm]))$`);
     static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*?[.]ss[tm])$`);
     static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)/pod[.]manifest$`);
@@ -244,9 +245,12 @@ static template spineRgxIn() {
     static src_formalised_file_path_parts                 = ctRegex!(`(?P<pth>(?:[/a-zA-Z0-9._-]+?)(?P<dir>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))(?:/media/text/[a-z]{2})$`); // formalizes dir structure
     /+ line breaks +/
     static br_empty_line                                  = ctRegex!(`\n[ ]*\n`, "mg");
-    static br_newlines_linebreaks                         = ctRegex!(`[\n┘┙]`, "mg");
+    static br_linebreaks_newlines                         = ctRegex!(`[\n┘┙]`, "mg");
+    static br_linebreaks                                  = ctRegex!(`[┘┙]`, "mg");
     static br_line                                        = ctRegex!(`┘`, "mg");
-    static br_newline_inline                              = ctRegex!(`┙`, "mg");
+    static br_line_inline                                 = ctRegex!(`┙`, "mg");
+    static br_line_spaced                                 = ctRegex!(`┚`, "mg");
+    static brln                                           = ctRegex!(`(?:\\\\)+`, "mg");
     /+ inline markup footnotes endnotes +/
     static inline_notes_al                                = ctRegex!(`【(?:[*+]\s+|\s*)(.+?)】`, "mg");
     static inline_notes_al_special                        = ctRegex!(`【(?:[*+]\s+)(.+?)】`, "mg"); // TODO remove match when special footnotes are implemented