From cfd770118980acf1983f53e01c3b8f34346b6426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nils Schimmelmann <nschimme@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:19:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix syncing by normalizing whitespace in room description

---
 src/expandoracommon/parseevent.cpp | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/expandoracommon/parseevent.cpp b/src/expandoracommon/parseevent.cpp
index ae832dbb5..c0f1ebec2 100644
--- a/src/expandoracommon/parseevent.cpp
+++ b/src/expandoracommon/parseevent.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@
 
 #include "parseevent.h"
 
-#include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
+#include <regex>
 
 #include "../global/TextUtils.h"
-#include "../global/utils.h"
 #include "../mapdata/ExitDirection.h"
 #include "../parser/CommandId.h"
 #include "../parser/ConnectedRoomFlags.h"
@@ -110,9 +109,11 @@ SharedParseEvent ParseEvent::createEvent(const CommandEnum c,
     auto result = std::make_shared<ParseEvent>(c);
     ParseEvent *const event = result.get();
 
+    static const std::regex normalizeWhitespacePattern(R"(\s+)", std::regex::optimize);
+
     // the moved strings are used by const ref here before they're moved.
     event->setProperty(moved_roomName);
-    event->setProperty(moved_roomDesc);
+    event->setProperty(RoomDesc{std::regex_replace(moved_roomDesc.getStdString(), normalizeWhitespacePattern, " ")});
     event->setProperty(terrain);
 
     // After this block, the moved values are gone.