[wp-forums] Pasting Code

[Handy]

Blah.  Spazzed and hit enter.  Anywho,  I've been pondering if another
symbol would be easier for folks to find.  Or maybe we should petition Podz
and his folks to get <code> support added to bbPress.  It supports other
html elements already...

On 9/8/06, Handy <handy.solo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On my generic keyboard, the backtick (`) is to the left of the 1 key.
> Shifted it is a tilde (~)
>
>
> On 9/8/06, Shelly < foolish.visions at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Although I'm a newbie here, I'm all for the pastebin thing.
> >
> > I *did* want to say though, someone mentioned the issue of code getting
> > screwed up - I may chime in on that.
> >
> > When you create a post, it says at the bottom to use backticks around
> > the code in question so that it is shown as plain text instead of parsed
> >
> > by the browser.  Quite frankly, I have absolutely *no clue* what creates
> > a backtick.  Every time I post code, I just highlight the example
> > backtick, copy it, and paste it before and after my code examples.
> >
> > It's obvious that many on the boards have no idea how to do it either
> > (I've seen several actually ask how to do it, but have never seen a
> > reply), and aren't as clever as I am in thinking to copy/paste the one
> > that is there (oh yes.  I'm soooo clever. LOL)  I remember the very
> > first time I posted on the forums, I thought the single quote was a
> > backtick.  When it didn't work, I hurriedly changed my post so that it
> > wouldn't screw things up (not only am I clever, but I am thoughtful too.
> >
> >   Aren't I great?) - but to this day the only way I can put backticks on
> > is by copy/pasting them.  I still can't figure out how to just *make*
> > them.
> >
> > So there - a representative for the general (stupidy of the) public
> > steps in and makes our scary admission - we don't know how to backtick.
> > So, perhaps if that were a *little* bit clearer, there might be less of
> > a problem with messed up code being put in?  Just a thought! :)
> >
> > ~Shelly
> > (who has a somewhat sarcastic sense of humor)
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