<RANT>
I couldn't agree more on the wrapping issue!

Nodes like Server Error Messages are very upsetting. I don't even feel like reading SOPW anymore (or the homenode for that matter) because these long unbreaked strings are really getting on my nerves! In the case of the node I just mentioned it was just plain HTML in his script that was going way too far! (and he even used "Comic Sans MS" in his font tags, which is a total waste of font formatting, but that's an entirely different topic)

Why can't people use the <CODE> tags politely?? Is it too much too ask? Is it just ignorance? There is a preview button, so ignorance shouldn't be an excuse!

I think it was merlyn that brought it up when this issue was posted before, saying that users should know when to break their code, but I haven't seen one single good use of long strings since I've been around. Maybe I'm being totally radical on this one, but if I had moderating delete previledges, I would have deleted that node instead of approving it.

Sorry if I'm being rude, but I really had to get this one off my chest.
</RANT>

#!/home/bbq/bin/perl
# Trust no1!

In reply to RE: wrapping and search by BBQ
in thread wrapping and search by freeborn

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.