Re^2: Show READMORE in Posts

Other formatting is easily obvious if you have usersupplied CSS, since one can't add class attributes to tags when posting. My stylesheet renders class="code" with a blue border and font, so it's immediately obvious whether someone just inserted PRE tags or properly used CODE ones.

READMORE on the other hand is harder, a small indication of its presence would be helpful. Even though I do agree with your assessment that the current situation is just fine, I'd find it easier than having to view source - or worse yet, check the gates to see if it shows with a link.

I could live without it, but would enjoy having this feature. Of course, someone has to code it. Seeing as I was recently welcomed among the ranks of the pmdevils, maybe that could be my first contribution. :-)

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^2: Show READMORE in Posts by theorbtwo (Prior) on Sep 30, 2002 at 20:16 UTC
Sounds like a good idea. (Specificly, I'd like <readmore>s to show up as <hr>s when they're being looked at directly.) Or, we could do what livejournal does, which solves this problem (though it isn't as much of a problem there), and gives the user more control. LJ has an <lj-cut> tag, which can look like <lj-cut text="Example cut...">stuff inside the cut</lj-cut>. That renders as ( example cut ) in a cutting context, and ( example cut ) stuff inside the cut when not. (If there is no close tag, then the cut is taken to last until the end of the post.) That would be significantly more work to implement, though. Oh, and welcome to the team, Aristotle. (/me takes a moment to bask in the minor glory of a self-coined term catching on.) Warning: Unless otherwise stated, code is untested. Do not use without understanding. Code is posted in the hopes it is useful, but without warranty. All copyrights are relinquished into the public domain unless otherwise stated. I am not an angel. I am capable of error, and err on a fairly regular basis. If I made a mistake, please let me know (such as by replying to this node).	[reply]

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Re: Re^2: Show READMORE in Posts
by theorbtwo (Prior) on Sep 30, 2002 at 20:16 UTC

Sounds like a good idea. (Specificly, I'd like <readmore>s to show up as <hr>s when they're being looked at directly.) Or, we could do what livejournal does, which solves this problem (though it isn't as much of a problem there), and gives the user more control. LJ has an <lj-cut> tag, which can look like <lj-cut text="Example cut...">stuff inside the cut</lj-cut>. That renders as ( example cut ) in a cutting context, and ( example cut )
stuff inside the cut
when not. (If there is no close tag, then the cut is taken to last until the end of the post.) That would be significantly more work to implement, though.

Oh, and welcome to the team, Aristotle. (/me takes a moment to bask in the minor glory of a self-coined term catching on.)

Warning: Unless otherwise stated, code is untested. Do not use without understanding. Code is posted in the hopes it is useful, but without warranty. All copyrights are relinquished into the public domain unless otherwise stated. I am not an angel. I am capable of error, and err on a fairly regular basis. If I made a mistake, please let me know (such as by replying to this node).

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