From 4bc94c1eabacf7f023368825a78e10837a1772e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Vitullo <vcarl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:54:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Compress 3 spaces down to 2 (#444)

---
 src/helpers/string.ts |  9 +++++++++
 src/server.ts         | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/helpers/string.ts b/src/helpers/string.ts
index e9ee0fd..3689c47 100644
--- a/src/helpers/string.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/string.ts
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ export const compressLineBreaks = (s: string) => {
   }
   return s;
 };
+
+const TOO_MANY_SPACES = / {3}/g;
+const APPROPRIATE_SPACES = "  ";
+export const compressSpaces = (s: string) => {
+  while (TOO_MANY_SPACES.test(s)) {
+    s = s.replaceAll(TOO_MANY_SPACES, APPROPRIATE_SPACES);
+  }
+  return s;
+};
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 8619211..d7f699f 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import {
   StoredMessage,
   getJobPosts,
 } from "./features/jobs-moderation/job-mod-helpers.js";
-import { compressLineBreaks, simplifyString } from "./helpers/string.js";
+import {
+  compressSpaces,
+  compressLineBreaks,
+  simplifyString,
+} from "./helpers/string.js";
 import { constructDiscordLink } from "./helpers/discord.js";
 import { reactibotApiKey } from "./helpers/env.js";
 
@@ -275,7 +279,9 @@ const renderPost = (post: StoredMessage): RenderedPost => {
     tags: post.tags,
     type: post.type,
     createdAt: post.createdAt,
-    description: renderMdToHtml(compressLineBreaks(post.description)),
+    description: renderMdToHtml(
+      compressLineBreaks(compressSpaces(post.description)),
+    ),
     messageLink: constructDiscordLink(post.message),
     reactions: post.message.reactions.cache.map((r) => [
       r.emoji.name ?? "☐",