diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9435c17..54e6b48 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ nohup.out
 /webapp/settings-dump.txt
 /webapp/settingtypes-list.txt
 err.txt
+*.continuified.tmp
diff --git a/notes/continuify.py b/notes/continuify.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6046f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/continuify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Make a copy of any files in the given paths, replacing
+spaces with " \", newline, then indent. This is useful for creating
+intermediate files for the purpose of running meld or diff on files
+with long lines (such as cmake commands pasted into files for
+comparison purposes and link.txt files).
+"""
+import sys
+import os
+
+def continuify(inPath, outPath, continueStr="  \\", indent="    ",
+        sep=" "):
+    with open(outPath, 'w') as outs:
+        with open(inPath) as ins:
+            rawLine = True
+            while rawLine:
+                rawLine = ins.readline()
+                line = rawLine.rstrip()
+                parts = line.split(sep)
+                starter = ""
+                ender = continueStr
+                for i in range(len(parts)):
+                    part = parts[i]
+                    if i == len(parts) - 1:
+                        ender = ""
+                    outs.write(indent + part.strip(sep) + ender + "\n")
+                    if i >= 0:
+                        starter = indent
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("You must specify file(s).")
+        exit(1)
+    for i in range(1, len(sys.argv)):
+        arg = sys.argv[i]
+        if not os.path.isfile(arg):
+            print("ERROR: {} is not a file.".format(arg))
+            exit(1)
+        # parts = os.path.splitext(arg)
+        # outPath = parts[0] + ".tmp" + parts[1]
+        outPath = arg + ".continuified.tmp"
+        continuify(arg, outPath)
+        print("* wrote \"{}\"".format(outPath))
+    pass
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()