Hi Gerd, yes I intentionally changed that, as it is illogical to remove blank lines from a file that has been specifically specified. Especially as the default message includes blank lines - with blank line removal it is not possible to create a copy of the standard text from a file. If you have a license file containing paragraphs of information, you are likely to want to see the paragraphs separated, rather than merged into an amorphous block. I forgot to mention this when posting the patch. Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Gerd Petermann [mailto:GPetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com] Sent: 29 December 2016 13:40 To: Development list for mkgmap <mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Copyright & License file reader improvements Hi Mike, if I got that right the original code ignores empty lines in the licence file, the patch doesn't. Is that intended? I have no idea what's better, so I'll wait for a comment from Steve. Gerd ________________________________________ Von: mkgmap-dev <mkgmap-dev-bounces@lists.mkgmap.org.uk> im Auftrag von Mike Baggaley <mike@tvage.co.uk> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2016 12:53:15 An: 'Development list for mkgmap' Betreff: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Copyright & License file reader improvements Hi Gerd, please find an updated patch for improvements to the copyright reader. As discussed, this updates the documentation to say that the files must be UTF-8 encoded, and improves the error message to give the cause of the failure if the copyright or license file cannot be read. The code for reading style files does not appear to specify UTF-8. Please try and commit if happy. Thanks, Mike