[wp-forums] Pasting Code

Handy handy.solo at gmail.com
Sat Sep 9 02:59:13 GMT 2006


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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