From c85a6e3b77fd01500f6fbd10479f18bfa6ffd542 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane Curcuru <asf@shanecurcuru.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:54:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Actually fix displaying linebreaks

---
 lib/whimsy/asf/member-files.rb  | 2 +-
 www/members/check_boardstmt.cgi | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/whimsy/asf/member-files.rb b/lib/whimsy/asf/member-files.rb
index d518d22ce2..8040c7ab0c 100644
--- a/lib/whimsy/asf/member-files.rb
+++ b/lib/whimsy/asf/member-files.rb
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def self.board_nominees
     def self.board_statements
       statements = {}
       Dir["#{File.join(latest_meeting(), BOARD_BALLOT)}/*#{BOARD_BALLOT_EXT}"].each do |f|
-        statements[File.basename(f, BOARD_BALLOT_EXT)] = {'candidate_statement' => IO.read(f)}
+        statements[File.basename(f, BOARD_BALLOT_EXT)] = {'candidate_statement' => IO.readlines(f)}
       end
       return statements
     end
diff --git a/www/members/check_boardstmt.cgi b/www/members/check_boardstmt.cgi
index bc96cbab54..1e939f616e 100755
--- a/www/members/check_boardstmt.cgi
+++ b/www/members/check_boardstmt.cgi
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ _html do
               _whimsy_accordion_item(listid: listid, itemid: "#{availid}-statement", itemtitle: "Candidate Statement for (#{availid})", n: 2, itemclass: 'panel-primary') do
                 _p do
                    # FIXME: display message for blank/one line or when DECLINE
-                   candidate_stmt = shash.fetch('candidate_statement', '')
-                   candidate_stmt.split('\n') do |l| # TODO: consider adding styles or markdown processing
+                   candidate_stmt = shash.fetch('candidate_statement', '') # See also lib/whimsy/asf/member-files.rb::board_statements
+                   candidate_stmt.each do |l| # TODO: consider adding styles or markdown processing
                      _! l
                      _br
                    end