No, you shouldn't. Use of <pre> tags is tolerated for very narrow content. Perhaps one day, PerlMonks will make <pre> better than HTML intended, but, for now, it is best to just never use them here.

Don't get hung up on the word "code". It can be quite useful to download output or other things. There are more differences between 'code' and 'pre' than whether or not 'download' is offered.

And relax and let the viewer decide whether they want to see 'download' links for just a one-line item. If you don't want to see them, then fix your settings so you don't see them anywhere rather than using the problematic <pre> tag.

Thanks.

- tye        

In reply to Re^3: Probable Bug in PM while creating a node ( preview )! (--pre) by tye
in thread Probable Bug in PM while creating a node ( preview )! by prad_intel

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