New Forum Issue: How to Enter Code?

DavidZemon

The WYSIWYG editor does not offer any buttons for code entry. This will surely cause a lot of headaches in the coming days and weeks. Can a new button be added? If not, can a banner be added to the top of the forum with a link to a thread that explains how to post code?
For anyone finding this in a search, here's some quick instructions: use HTML's pre tag:

1. First, switch to the raw mode via the far-right button (looks like a piece of paper with "<>" in red)
2. Move your cursor to the spot where you want your code.
3. Type <pre> to start your code block and </pre> to end your code block:

<pre>int main (int argc, char **argv) {
return 0;
}</pre>

You can also quote this response and then switch to raw mode to see exactly how I formatted this entry.

DavidZemon

With that being said, it took me over 10 minutes to edit that post so it would display correctly. I miss BBCode

twm47099

I tried your method and it worked --- sometimes.

It worked in comments, but not in the base post.  See my thread;

http://forums.parallax.com/discussion/161436/bt-commander-w-whiskers-android-control-for-activitybot

Tom

jmg

Testing Notepad++ HTML export- Previews nicely, but fails to render on posted page.
Edit - Test Courier Font as code ?
renders ok, but fails to post with Body is 16337 characters too long.[/list]
Test paste as text button- fails with Body is 21593 characters too long.[/list]
Seems to be limits on plain text postings (get picture are ok?!)