in reply to Functionality to automatically insert <readmore> tags into long posts?

Hi OfficeLinebacker,
What do you think?
In as much as automation of "any" form could be see as a "cool" feature depending on who and what. I think people should be responsible to a large extent for what and how their post is.
Of course, one could argue that automation for <code> tag should be done so that, once a line as such as #!/usr/bin/perl or use warnings; use strict; is seen then a code tag should be applya. If so, where then is the "free-will" and the real "freedom".
Make a tool available to people and show them how to use it, is way of better than doing it for them.
Mine thought!

a I prefer people putting their codes in code tags though!!!

If you tell me, I'll forget.
If you show me, I'll remember.
if you involve me, I'll understand.
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Re^2: Functionality to automatically insert <readmore> tags into long posts?
by OfficeLinebacker (Chaplain) on Jul 05, 2013 at 20:12 UTC
    I think it's kind of funny to make "use warnings/use strict" be the marker for code! Isn't one of the most given pieces of advice on here "you should use strict!!"?
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      'Isn't one of the most given pieces of advice on here "you should use strict!!"?'

      Sadly I don't think so ;) Regardless, it doesn't make sense to have this as a marker for code tags, as a lot of posts contain short self contained snippets rather than full programs.

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        as a side note: heuristic to detect (perl) code

        update

        Combining all methods with a weighting function should be enough to warn posters about missing code-tags with a high reliability.

        The fine tuning of the weights could be done with genetic training with old postings which already have code tags.

        Cheers Rolf

        ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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