in reply to code tags only for actual code?

I guess I wasn't clear. The original post had <code> tags around the entire text.
In other words, it looked like this. It's my understand (so stop me if I'm wrong) that the <code> tags are meant for code (and output) samples. There are other tags (like <p> and <br>) that offer formatting. I guess <pre> tags are ok. Maybe I was wrong in my edit.

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Re: (You're not wrong, code tags are better) code tags only for actual code?
by buzzcutbuddha (Chaplain) on Dec 18, 2001 at 21:29 UTC
    Per what Ar0n said further on, <code> tags are better because the PM engine parses them differently than <pre> tags and gives the site more functionality, like the download code link.

    You were right to point out the gaffe.
Re: Re: code tags only for actual code?
by mischief (Hermit) on Dec 18, 2001 at 00:13 UTC
    Ah, OK. My apologies then. There are other tags like <p> and <br> that offer formatting, but I find it handy to use <code> tags to save me having to type &lt; and &gt; all the time. I was also specifically thinking about output samples - lots of posters paste huge lines which make pages 100s of characters wide, and the stuff they're pasting wouldn't be considered code.