Those lines aren’t code, they shouldn’t actually be in code tags, but in samp (I vaguely remember a monk starting a thread here about that, not sure if it’s allowed now), or as a fallback, in pre.

Yes they should. PerlMonks FAQ: Markup in the Monastery

so yes, it should be the OP who should fix his paste, because it’s broken.

I'm afraid this OP has proven PEBKAC is his religion

so I don’t need CSS to mangle people’s code for me

Then you need to stop telling people to edit stuff in-between code tags because it doesn't look right according to your settings/browser

In reply to Re^3: [OFF] Re: how to test my perl-prerequesites on a Linux-box - with command line-approach by Anonymous Monk
in thread how to test my perl-prerequesites on a Linux-box - with command line-approach by Perlbeginner1

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.