hmmm...i used <pre> tags to preserve the <code> in what appears to be in <code>...i had presumed that the caveat against this was in place because download is a product of <code> and not <pre>; but if you say my last post looked screwed up to you then either:
  • you are borderline illiterate
  • our browsers (me=linux/mozilla) are producing different output and i should never have used <pre>

    As for my post being a re-iteration of BrowserUK's post, i agree -- vote for BrowserUk!

    Regarding the preview button: I use it to death, but w/r/t a newbie poster i think the "in textarea" statement would be even more "intuitive" (if we can attribute intuition to newbies and knowlege to the practiced)

    In reply to Re^4: newbies, <code> tags and recognizing perl (adjunct) by my_nihilist
    in thread newbies, <code> tags and recognizing perl by pc88mxer

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