How do I post code in a separate box on LQ?

sixerjman · 08-24-2006, 10:09 PM

I guess this is a usability question for LQ but I figured somebody in Programming would have done this before and I've seen it in a reply to many posts.

How does one paste code (i.e. Bash, C, whatever) in a little
HTML box which is shown in the replies here as

Code:

(Scrollable Box with code in it)

Thanks.

ncsuapex · 08-24-2006, 10:21 PM

Code:

you mean like this?

click on the # button in the menu bar for your message. Then stick your text inbetween the space between the tags.

rickh · 08-24-2006, 10:32 PM

What's this "# button" thing? I've always just typed the tags.

Edit:Back when I first started here, I found a little tutorial about how to use the various available HTML-type functions, but I'll be darned if I can find it now.

Dark_Helmet · 08-24-2006, 10:44 PM

If you click the "reply" button for a thread (as opposed to using the "Quick Reply" box at the bottom), you see a page that allows you to type your message. Along the top portion of the typing area is a toolbar with buttons to control font size, alignment, etc. On the far right of that toolbar are symbols/buttons to click to automatically insert the appropriate tags for you in the message. There are buttons for inserting a hypertext link, an email link, inserting code tags, html, and php tags. The button for inserting the code tags has the image of a "#" for it.

rickh · 08-24-2006, 10:46 PM

Not on mine, Debian64, Firefox (no java) there's not.

Edit: Even when I logged on with Konqueror (in which Java works) I didn't see them. I'll have to check next time I'm connected from a 32-bit OS.

graemef · 08-24-2006, 11:10 PM

And of course the tags are...

open square bracket CODE close square bracket

AND

open square bracket slash CODE close square bracket

as in

Code:

[ CODE ]Code goes here[ /CODE ]

Without any of the spaces between the square brackets and the word CODE.

Dark_Helmet · 08-24-2006, 11:46 PM

That's interesting.

I've tried it on two machines:
My laptop with WinXP and Firefox (1.5.0.6)
My server with FC4 and Firefox (1.0.8)

and both (with Java enabled) displayed the page just like I was acustomed to. I'd attach a screenshot as proof, but alas, no image tags

Flesym · 08-25-2006, 02:23 AM

A good start for every question is a look into the particular FAQ. This is taken from it and lists every available tags on this Site.

But what has this got to do with programming? O.o

Matir · 08-25-2006, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

Not on mine, Debian64, Firefox (no java) there's not.

Edit: Even when I logged on with Konqueror (in which Java works) I didn't see them. I'll have to check next time I'm connected from a 32-bit OS.

In each user's Control Panel, theres an "Message Editor Interface" option that allows you to choose whether you the Basic Editor (no buttons) the standard editor (buttons, but bbcode displayed) or the WYSIWYG editor.

sixerjman · 08-25-2006, 11:11 AM

Here's some Basic Assembler Language PROGRAMMING from JES2 Exit 1 Banner Page Exit:

Code:

*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
* JES2 EXIT #1 - SETUP BASE REGISTERS AND ADDRESSING TO ALL DSECTS    *
*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
         SPACE 2
JEPX001 $ENTRY BASE=R12
         $SAVE
         LR    R12,R15
         SLR   R15,R15
         LR    R5,R1                   SETUP POINTER TO PARAMETER LIST  01/93/SD
         USING JCT,R10            SETUP DSECT ADDRESSES
         USING PCE,R13
         USING JOE,R3
         USING XPL,R5
         L     R3,PPPWKJOE             PT R3 TO THIS JOE ADDR
         L     R10,X001JCT             LOAD R10 WITH JCT ADDR           01/93SDB
         EJECT

Looking good! Thanks for the replies! :-D