#Selectively allow groups of spaces/whitespace for ascii art

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rugged stratus
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HTML is generally stripped from .astro files, and groups of spaces such as ' ' are turned into singular spaces. How do I disable this for only a single .astro file, so that I can render ASCII art?

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Astro provides a configuration option called compressHTML that allows you to control the removal of whitespace from your HTML. By default, Astro removes all whitespace from your HTML, including line breaks, from .astro components. If you set compressHTML to false, Astro will preserve the whitespace in your HTML.

However, the compressHTML option applies globally to all .astro files in your project. Currently, there's no built-in way to disable HTML compression for a single .astro file.

Here's how you can set compressHTML to false in your Astro configuration:

import { defineConfig } from "astro/config"
export default defineConfig({
  compressHTML: false,
})

Please note that this will disable HTML compression for all .astro files in your project, not just a single file. If you need to preserve whitespace in a single .astro file for ASCII art, you might need to consider other solutions, such as using a <pre> tag or CSS to preserve formatting.

For more information, you can refer to the Astro documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/).

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