it would be useful if blank lines in list objects could be automatically ignored when saving and creating the IDF file. In the image below, there is a blank line in the "Corridors" Zonelist.
This translates in the text file to:
ZoneList,
  Corridors,        !- Name
  1 07 North Entry,     !- Zone 1 Name
  ,             !- Zone 2 Name
  1 11 Elevator,      !- Zone 3 Name
  1 18 Corridor,      !- Zone 4 Name
  2 06 Corridor,      !- Zone 5 Name
  2 14 Corridor,      !- Zone 6 Name
  1 09 Main Entry;     !- Zone 7 Name
... and throws an error. It would be desirable for the program to simply do the following:
ZoneList,
  Corridors,        !- Name
  1 07 North Entry,     !- Zone 1 Name
  1 11 Elevator,      !- Zone 2 Name
  1 18 Corridor,      !- Zone 3 Name
  2 06 Corridor,      !- Zone 4 Name
  2 14 Corridor,      !- Zone 5 Name
  1 09 Main Entry;     !- Zone 6 Name
This would be useful for pretty much any list-type object, and especially Schedule:Compact.
... and for Schedule:Compact - how about being able to insert a line?
For Schedule:Compact, at least, it might be possible to simply display a textbox type input, instead of a line-by-line input.
All this can be easily done in a text file, but that requires closing, re-opening and interrupts the workflow.
Thanks!
Karen