Pls have indentation work in "code" mode similar to "pre" mode
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Here is a minor suggestion that might improve your wonderful website: I would expect the "code" option at the bottom of this page to not only highlight and use monospace, but also to leave spaces intact for indentation and lining up code ... which would be equivalent to what the "pre" button does. Perhaps this is not something you can control or change even if you wanted to. I am not that familiar with HTML ... my impression is that < pre > is a valid HTML tag, but I don't believe that < code > is ... so it isn't like the forum software has a standard to conform to. By the way, I like how this forum software works compared to some others that I am experienced with .... you can select a range of lines, click on the < code > button, and the selected code is "wrapped" within < code >selected lines< / code >. That isn't the case with some forum software. This is line 1 without the code tag. This line has iiiiiiiiii's This line has wwwwwwwwww's This line has a bunch of spaces This line is supposed to be indented three spaces This line is supposed to be indented six spaces
This is line 1 with the code tag This line has iiiiiiiiii's This line has wwwwwwwwww's This line has a bunch of spaces This line is supposed to be indented three spaces This line is supposed to be indented six spacesThis is line 1 with the pre tag
This line has iiiiiiiiii's
This line has wwwwwwwwww's
This line has a bunch of spaces
This line is indented three spaces
This line is indented six spacesI may not be "the brightest bulb in the box", but I regularly have to use trial and error to get code snippets to show up correctly in messages I post. -- modified at 17:48 Tuesday 28th February, 2006
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Here is a minor suggestion that might improve your wonderful website: I would expect the "code" option at the bottom of this page to not only highlight and use monospace, but also to leave spaces intact for indentation and lining up code ... which would be equivalent to what the "pre" button does. Perhaps this is not something you can control or change even if you wanted to. I am not that familiar with HTML ... my impression is that < pre > is a valid HTML tag, but I don't believe that < code > is ... so it isn't like the forum software has a standard to conform to. By the way, I like how this forum software works compared to some others that I am experienced with .... you can select a range of lines, click on the < code > button, and the selected code is "wrapped" within < code >selected lines< / code >. That isn't the case with some forum software. This is line 1 without the code tag. This line has iiiiiiiiii's This line has wwwwwwwwww's This line has a bunch of spaces This line is supposed to be indented three spaces This line is supposed to be indented six spaces
This is line 1 with the code tag This line has iiiiiiiiii's This line has wwwwwwwwww's This line has a bunch of spaces This line is supposed to be indented three spaces This line is supposed to be indented six spacesThis is line 1 with the pre tag
This line has iiiiiiiiii's
This line has wwwwwwwwww's
This line has a bunch of spaces
This line is indented three spaces
This line is indented six spacesI may not be "the brightest bulb in the box", but I regularly have to use trial and error to get code snippets to show up correctly in messages I post. -- modified at 17:48 Tuesday 28th February, 2006
I disagree. The <code> tag is meant for inline code segments like
this, while the <pre> tag is meant for preformatted text blocks likethis
. Their intended uses are totally different, it is just that so many users use <code> when they should be using <pre>.
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Here is a minor suggestion that might improve your wonderful website: I would expect the "code" option at the bottom of this page to not only highlight and use monospace, but also to leave spaces intact for indentation and lining up code ... which would be equivalent to what the "pre" button does. Perhaps this is not something you can control or change even if you wanted to. I am not that familiar with HTML ... my impression is that < pre > is a valid HTML tag, but I don't believe that < code > is ... so it isn't like the forum software has a standard to conform to. By the way, I like how this forum software works compared to some others that I am experienced with .... you can select a range of lines, click on the < code > button, and the selected code is "wrapped" within < code >selected lines< / code >. That isn't the case with some forum software. This is line 1 without the code tag. This line has iiiiiiiiii's This line has wwwwwwwwww's This line has a bunch of spaces This line is supposed to be indented three spaces This line is supposed to be indented six spaces
This is line 1 with the code tag This line has iiiiiiiiii's This line has wwwwwwwwww's This line has a bunch of spaces This line is supposed to be indented three spaces This line is supposed to be indented six spacesThis is line 1 with the pre tag
This line has iiiiiiiiii's
This line has wwwwwwwwww's
This line has a bunch of spaces
This line is indented three spaces
This line is indented six spacesI may not be "the brightest bulb in the box", but I regularly have to use trial and error to get code snippets to show up correctly in messages I post. -- modified at 17:48 Tuesday 28th February, 2006
CODE tag spec[^] <pre> means preformatted, that is, it overrides the HTML parsing rule that changes multiple consecutive whitespace chars into one space. <code> is by definition an inline tag (whereas <pre> is a block tag) so it doesn't make sense to override the space parsing rules for <code> --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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CODE tag spec[^] <pre> means preformatted, that is, it overrides the HTML parsing rule that changes multiple consecutive whitespace chars into one space. <code> is by definition an inline tag (whereas <pre> is a block tag) so it doesn't make sense to override the space parsing rules for <code> --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ