here I go again, opening another can of worms...

I know this has been discussed several times over but I need to have something clarified to me by all my fellow monks.

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I use <pre> anytime I am placing any text I want to have formatted (escaped from html formatting annoyances) eg. output, or example diagrams. Anytime I use code that is worthy of being downloaded, used, scrutinized, or even broken but code nonetheless, I place it in <code> tags. Therefore, my point rears it's ugly head (in the form of a question). Is it preferred that *anytime* I want to post any kind of formatted text, code or otherwise, I use the <code> tags? I would prefer not to but then again, I am just a lowly, humble, piece of scrap meat monk among the gurus here. ;)

I have already had a few monks post private messages stating that I should change my <pre>'s to <code>'s. Very frustrating. =)

Thanks guys.

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- Jim

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(tye)Re: here I go again, opening another can of worms... by tye (Sage) on Jun 08, 2001 at 00:34 UTC
If you use `<pre>`, then please keep your lines at or below widths of 60 characters each. If you do that, then whether you use `<pre>` or `<code>` is a matter of personal taste, whether or not you want the text to be downloadable, and whether you want HTML tags to be quoted or executed. Using long lines with `<code>` is fine but using long lines with `<pre>` just sucks. (: - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: (tye)Re: here I go again, opening another can of worms... by snafu (Chaplain) on Jun 08, 2001 at 00:56 UTC
Cool. Thanks Tye (does this mean Im a friend? :) I shall keep at or below 60 characters. ---------- - Jim	[reply]