Using code tags properly

I think maybe a bbcode button for the code tags should be added to the quick reply it would make things alot easier.. but also the code tags can be written in all lower case such as this(Of course without the quotes)
"["code][/code"]"
so people could also hand write them..

Code (csharp):

1. //code tags used with all lowercase letters

 

FINALLY!!! people lately have been spammed code blocks all over the threads.... good post ^^

 

Excellent post!

 

Yeah!!! We need it. i don't want to switch to Advance to just to add CODE..

 

You can just type the code tags yourself; you don't need to switch to anything.

--Eric

 

hmmm.. Thanks for Trick... Eric. I'll do.

 

Code (csharp):

1. //  OMG
2.  
3. for(i=0;i<age;i++){
4.      Body.head.speak("Thanks alot");
5. }
6.  
7. //Thank you :)

 

I echo that... Code tag shortcut on quick reply please! I don't want to type bb tags any longer, that's sooo 2000's .

Fixed that for you

Code (csharp):

1. //  OMG
2.  
3. for(i=0;i<Mathf.Infinity;i++){
4.      Body.head.speak("Thanks alot");
5. }
6.  
7. //Thank you :)

Infinite thanks that is.

OFF:
Also, the "+ Reply to Thread" button should be gone when you click it... I've clicked that many times thinking it was the "Post Reply" button and BAM! reply is gone! BAM, BAM, BOO!!

 

It would be really nice if the line-spacing issue was fixed when copying and pasting source code from code boxes (copied from above):

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. //  OMG
3.  
4.  
5.  
6. for(i=0;i<Mathf.Infinity;i++){
7.  
8.      Body.head.speak("Thanks alot");
9.  
10. }
11.  
12.  
13.  
14. //Thank you :)
15.  

It inserts extra new lines.

These extra new lines do not occur when copying and pasting code from the printable version of threads:
http://forum.unity3d.com/printthread.php?t=143875&pp=20&page=1

Also, I think you guys should replace the default logo in the printable version with the Unity logo

 

The new forum theme is really nice but where did the CODE tag button go ? It's most of the time already hard enough to read people's code here but without it easily accessible it's a pain in you know where.

Would be nice if everyone could have the ability to edit a post but only to add CODE tags when missing

 

Thank you very much Adam, you must be busy and still took the time to check it, it's very nice.

I would never have found it... However, I didn't stop using the tag myself because of the hiden button, I simply wrote it manually. I was more worried junior users of the forum would never find it... (would be best as a red blinking CODE button actually ^^')

 

Only if you use rich text; if you use plain text, then it gets pasted as normal without line numbers. It would be nice if there was a "select all code" button though.

--Eric

 

Thanks...

Anyway, I'll just use the insert method.

Testing:

Code (JavaScript):

1. var poopiness = 0;
2. var desiredPoopiness = 3;
3.  
4. if(poopiness > desiredPoopiness){goLoco();}

 

http://grab.by/rtc8 Broken Image Link?

 

Mod or somebody changed my post, I was saying the same thing. Hey guys! Change the original post!

 

The CODE image doesnt show for me either in Chrome (v 35.0.1916.153 m), but does in Firefox, IE and Safari. If I open the TinyGrab URL in a new tab it works in Chrome, but for some reason doesn't want to embed.

Edit: Testing this
Yup works. Seems that directly linking the image works on Chrome, but resolving the TinyGrab URL is the issue. Odd one, but at least you can work around it.

 

QFT

 

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. void Update()
3. {
4.        if(input.getkeydown(keycode.space))
5. }
6.  

Just testing this out

 

+1 for something like this. It pastes the extra lines and line numbers into Visual Studio, which really makes it hard to try and help some folks with their code issues even when they posted it nicely in code tags. A simple copy to clipboard without the line numbers would be very helpful.

@Adam Buckner Any chance of getting that enhancement?

 

i don't get it , can you do this in MonoDevelop

 

If you are using Google Chrome then Ctrl+Shift+V will paste as plain text.

 

Request: can we have a button in the UI that spits out a "please use code tags" message? I'm getting tired of writing it all the time. Mabye a [CodeTagMissing] macro we could post that just generates a link to this thread with a nice message?

Also,

PureText is a nice little utility for Windows that does this for you - you get a "paste without formatting" hotkey, and an icon you can click to strip formatting from the text in the clipboad.

 

It would be nice to have a closing tag validation added perhaps so we can avoid something like that...

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. function ABC() {
3.     // it actually is between code tags, just not closed properly
4. }
5. [code]
6.  
7.  
8. Also more text that is not code gets added in as code too.

 

There is obviously an Edit button but since I have seen that in quite few places I thought it would be good to flag it out.

Thanks for the post @Adam-Buckner

 

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. function abc {
3. int a = 0;
4. }
5.  

why not change CSharp to C#?

 

Probably because the language to format is specified in the tag as "CSharp" and you can't use symbols in a tag. The display just shows the name of the language being formatted.

 

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. //thank you
3.