Insert Code Block

Posted By: Bas | Aug 28th @ 10:04 AM
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#Aug 29th @ 9:29 AM
Sven Groot
Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

The XML insertion doesn't work properly. For one thing, they're using an old version of my syntax highlighter that doesn't work properly with element names with periods in them (even though I sent them the update months ago).

 

A much bigger problem is the fact that the editor likes to turn everything that looks like a link into a link. So you end up with <a> tags around links inside a code block, which tends to happen a lot with XML namespaces.

 

Finally, sometimes the editor just arbitrarily decides to forget the new lines in a code block.

#Aug 30th @ 4:08 AM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Looks like, besides removing newlines, the code block feature also happily adds unnecessary newlines, and even changes the order of your tags at random, or even places them outside the codeblock.

 

Of course, pasting XML is rarely needed on a developer forum, so this is forgivable.

#Aug 30th @ 4:15 AM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

I really like the Stack Overflow editor. It's not WYSIWYG, but it's awesome for inserting code snippets (automatically detects the programming language).

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