"code" window needed

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Created 1 year ago, edited 1 year ago.
Status changed 1 year ago

Author:

dagon

Status:
Selected

Score:

9
14 votes

Idea:

There is need for a code window to present unformatted
text for programming examples etc.

If you want to write for instance an include statement:
#include <stdio.h>

it will print out like:
#include

The rest is dropped. If you figure out how to include those characters then that could eventually lead to a worse problem... the beginner who wants to try out your code will most likely try to copy and paste your example in a text- editor and compile it directly. There are a whole bunch of different browsers and editors out there and our beloved beginner could end up pasting a code example with rests of the formatting. (been there, done that... :( )
(although it works for me here with firefox/gedit)

ref:
How to run C program in linux?

Comments:

1 year ago	oscar799	Marked "Considered"
1 year ago	kazztan0325	@dagon: Yes, I agree with you.
1 year ago	dagon	Maybe. But I would really prefer to just write plain text like in a text editor. That way I could throw in a line of super-hot c-code and not worry about it.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	Maybe we would need to add HTML tag for showing program source code like below: <pre><code> source code </code></pre>
1 year ago	dagon	Here is one bug of concern: http://drupal.org/node/1258998
1 year ago	trollboy	Apparently not. (that was <pre> by the way)
1 year ago	trollboy	It's an annoyance all right. Although it may be a problem with the editor rather than the site. Maybe using will do something?

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