def METHOD_NAME(self, content):
    if content == "":
        return
    lines = content.splitlines(True)
    if len(lines) != 1:
        for line in lines:
            self.METHOD_NAME(line)
        return
    else:
        content = lines[0]
    if self.at_bol and not self.get("preformat"):
        content = self.strip_re.sub("", content)
    self.pp_string(content)