Pre tags in comments

Monday 21 July 2008 — This is more than 17 years old. Be careful.

Just a quick note: after far too long, the comments on this blog now support the <pre> tag so we can talk about code if need be. Thanks for your patience!

Comments

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Jared 4:18 PM on 21 Jul 2008 
sounds 
    good,
        thanks!
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Tim 10:11 PM on 21 Jul 2008
Why not use the <code> element for code?


# Using code element
import this
if 1:
print 'abc'
# Using pre element
import that
if 1:
    print 'abc'
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susan senator 4:56 AM on 22 Jul 2008
That's good news, because I thought I was coming down with a code...
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Ned Batchelder 5:45 AM on 22 Jul 2008
I didn't use because it's one of those relics from HTML that I forgot even existed. Why not use ? 
 covers it all, and has the advantage that it also implies not flowing text, which is important.  I wanted to give people *a* way to do what they need, not *all* ways.
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Tim 6:01 AM on 22 Jul 2008
Sorry, was just meant to be a friendly suggestion.
:-)
BTW, from the HTML spec: SAMP:
Designates sample output from programs, scripts, etc.
/anal

Anyway, please don't let my noise distract from your excellent blog.
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Adriano 6:51 AM on 22 Jul 2008
And anyway, I think is supposed to be used for inline text, not for blocks. If I remember correctly, at least.
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Tim 8:00 AM on 22 Jul 2008
@Adriano

You are quite right. I'll shut up now.

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