Import multiline tag data

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Was just made aware that you can use CTRL+Enter to add a line in a multiline field.

I LOVE this especially when it comes to the COMMENT field. However, I have encountered a problem.

If I have the comment field as this:
flac8_1.3.2 - Lame_3.99.5_v2_92dB, Recorded June 1977, Released September 1, 1977
and export and import using %comment% it works just fine.

However if I change the COMMENT field to this:
flac8_1.3.2 - Lame_3.99.5_v2_92dB
Recorded June 1977
Released September 1, 1977
it seems to export okay, when I look at the text file it has added two "returns" like the field does but when I try to import it (Convert-->Text file to tag) it breaks the import.

I can think of two options to fix this but don't know how to do either.
1 - Is there a way to export the %comment% field so that it doesn't include hard returns in the text file but rather a symbol or a text string/function that mp3tag understands when it is imported?
or
2 - How do I modify the import string to understand the hard returns are part of the field itself?

Any ideas?

Thanks

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One line is one record for one file. So you have to keep the data in one line - and remove/replace the line breaks with something else, preferably a printable character.
So, for your export, instead of using the plain %comment% try
$regexp(%comment%,\r\n,==)

After the import you run an action that replaces == with $char(13)$char(10)

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Thanks for the info, I will give it a try.

Cheers!