How knackered is your code paste

I've already posted a gripe of mine with the editor. It also drives me nuts when someone copies and pastes some code, but the editor tries to preserve its rich text formatting, and then you end up with a post like this.

Oh yes, I've taken to pasting in notepad, then copying from there, THEN pasting to the forums to make sure visual studio formatting doesn't end up getting pasted. Interestingly though, it only happens SOME of the time.

Oh yes, I've taken to pasting in notepad, then copying from there, THEN pasting to the forums to make sure visual studio formatting doesn't end up getting pasted. Interestingly though, it only happens SOME of the time.

It happens enough that I just instinctively toggle to 'raw' mode when pasting source. Mind you, I have to do the same for WordPress' syntax colouring plugin, so I guess it doesn't bother me all that much.

yeah it's a pain. Same here. Pasted some code earlier and it garbled it so I pasted in notepad then into their editor. Also having both [ code] and [ source] tags is fun.

I find Chrome's "paste as plain text" alleviates this to some degree. It is still annoying if you forget, and up to recently my Linux install of Chrome didn't have this feature.

I also find it annoying that copying and pasting text from someone else's post is in a different font to the message builder.

I agree completely, Washu. Recently the up time for GDNet has been pretty good and everything seems pretty solid except the text editor and source tags. These two things are the only gripes I've had recently but it's still pretty annoying.

Yeah, what's up with source tags? I can't figure out how to specify a language so that there's syntax highlighting.

And yes to what SteveDeFacto said about uptime: it's been a lot better lately!

Just saw a fun one. Washu's post. Notice fastcall22's '&' got turned into &

I had a hell of a time with it with a post the other day, if I put the lang="cpp" part in the source tag, it would chew it all up. Trying to edit the post to fix it just seemed to make it even worse. Finally I discovered that without lang="cpp" it at least put it in a code box with line numbers. I tried with both Chrome and Firefox, and had varying degrees of problems with each. Given that posting code is pretty common on this site, I hope they get it fixed ASAP.

That code paste is really ticking me off.
[attachment=7352:eve.png]

Okay, been following along and I have a question that has to do with the issue Washu raised. There are a lot of old but still often-referenced articles with source that is supposed to look like this:

[font=courier new,courier,monospace]long arr[10] = { 3,6,1,2,3,8,4,1,7,2};
char arr2[5][20] = {[nbsp][nbsp]"Mickey Mouse",
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]"Donald Duck",
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]"Minnie Mouse",
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]"Goofy",
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]"Ted Jensen" };

void bubble(void *p, int width, int N,
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]int(*fptr)(const void *, const void *));
int compare_string(const void *m, const void *n);
int compare_long(const void *m, const void *n);

int main(void)
{
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]int i;
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]puts("\nBefore Sorting:\n");

[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]for (i = 0; i [lessthan] 10; i++)[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp] /* show the long ints */
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]{
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]printf("%ld ",arr[array='i']);
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]}
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]puts("\n");

[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]for (i = 0; i [lessthan] 5; i++)[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]/* show the strings */
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]{
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]printf("%s\n", arr2[array='i']);
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]}
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]bubble(arr, 4, 10, compare_long);[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]/* sort the longs */
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]bubble(arr2, 20, 5, compare_string);[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp] /* sort the strings */
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]puts("\n\nAfter Sorting:\n");

[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]for (i = 0; i [lessthan] 10; i++)[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp] /* show the sorted longs */
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]{
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]printf("%d ",arr[array='i']);
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]}
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]puts("\n");

[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]for (i = 0; i [lessthan] 5; i++)[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]/* show the sorted strings */
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]{
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]printf("%s\n", arr2[array='i']);
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]}
[nbsp][nbsp][nbsp][nbsp]return 0;
}[/font]

But instead when you plain text paste it into the editor and wrap it in code tags it looks like this:

long arr[10] = { 3,6,1,2,3,8,4,1,7,2};
char arr2[5][20] = { "Mickey Mouse",
"Donald Duck",
"Minnie Mouse",
"Goofy",
"Ted Jensen" };

void bubble(void *p, int width, int N,
int(*fptr)(const void *, const void *));
int compare_string(const void *m, const void *n);
int compare_long(const void *m, const void *n);

int main(void)
{
int i;
puts("\nBefore Sorting:\n");

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) /* show the long ints */
{
printf("%ld ",arr);
}
puts("\n");

for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) /* show the strings */
{
printf("%s\n", arr2);
}
bubble(arr, 4, 10, compare_long); /* sort the longs */
bubble(arr2, 20, 5, compare_string); /* sort the strings */
puts("\n\nAfter Sorting:\n");

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) /* show the sorted longs */
{
printf("%d ",arr);
}
puts("\n");

for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) /* show the sorted strings */
{
printf("%s\n", arr2);
}
return 0;
}

Does that bother anyone else as much as it does me? I think I might just be a bit of a stickler for neatly-formatted code.

Also I don't use code boxes on the forums ever, mainly deal with them in articles where there is no source coloring for them. Does anyone else see a lot of comments in the above example that aren't really comments? I realize coloring is another personal preference but I've always thought green for comments was pretty universal as a default color

That code paste is really ticking me off.
[attachment=7352:eve.png]

I'm so confused...

Here's a fun one, hold on to your seats:

Original code

#include <sfml/graphics.hpp>

template<class type>
class why_does_it_think_theres_html {
template<class i_dunno>
void foobar() {
/* ??? */
}
};


After pressing the edit button, my post looks like:

Here's a fun one, hold on to your seats:

Original code

#include <sfml graphics.hpp="">

template<class type="">
class why_does_it_think_theres_html {
template<class i_dunno="">
void foobar() {
/* ??? */
}
};


After pressing the edit button, my post looks like:
[/quote]

Okay, been following along and I have a question that has to do with the issue Washu raised. There are a lot of old but still often-referenced articles with source that is supposed to look like this:

Does that bother anyone else as much as it does me? I think I might just be a bit of a stickler for neatly-formatted code.

Also I don't use code boxes on the forums ever, mainly deal with them in articles where there is no source coloring for them. Does anyone else see a lot of comments in the above example that aren't really comments? I realize coloring is another personal preference but I've always thought green for comments was pretty universal as a default color

I think you're a stickler for neatly formatted code. That being said, I think its probably the same issue at the core of the problem with the "code" block, which is that the forum post formatter isn't treating the code blocks as "raw stuff that I should escape but otherwise ignore."

Here's a fun one, hold on to your seats:

Original code

#include <sfml/graphics.hpp>

template<class type>
class why_does_it_think_theres_html {
template<class i_dunno>
void foobar() {
/* ??? */
}
};


After pressing the edit button, my post looks like:

Here's a fun one, hold on to your seats:

Original code

#include <sfml graphics.hpp="">

template<class type="">
class why_does_it_think_theres_html {
template<class i_dunno="">
void foobar() {
/* ??? */
}
};


After pressing the edit button, my post looks like:

[/quote]
Yup yup, I get that A LOT.

[quote name='Washu' timestamp='1329690047' post='4914638']
That code paste is really ticking me off.
[attachment=7352:eve.png]

I'm so confused...
[/quote]
What, its gamedev.net... from eve.

Yeah, what's up with source tags? I can't figure out how to specify a language so that there's syntax highlighting.

See this Staff Journal post.

[quote name='swiftcoder' timestamp='1329690435' post='4914640']
[quote name='Washu' timestamp='1329690047' post='4914638']
That code paste is really ticking me off.
[attachment=7352:eve.png]

I'm so confused...
[/quote]
What, its gamedev.net... from eve.
[/quote]
Well... one gets the idea that the picture further explains/gives example of the code paste that's really ticking you off... but it doesn't.

[edit]

@Drew: Hmmm... I swore it wasn't working for me at one point. Anyway, the preview is kinda messed up. Here's the code I entered to test, and I took a screenshot of what I got for the preview.

[source lang="cpp"]
#include

// Empty class
class X
{
};

int main()
{
std::cout << "Hello world!";
}
[/source]

[edit]
The code above is NOT what I typed.

Yes, anything that uses the greater or lesser signs tend to break the code pad triviallly. As an example ANY C++ code using std::cout, std::cin, or templates.

Here's the code I entered to test, and I took a screenshot of what I got for the preview.

[source lang="cpp"]
#include

// Empty class
class X
{
};

int main()
{
std::cout << "Hello world!";
}
[/source]

[edit]
The code above is NOT what I typed.

My other beef with the source tag is you can (pseduo-)edit its contents when you double click it:


So if you would like to copy a word from the source in order to look up the documentation for it or something, instead of highlighting the whole word when you double click the word, it'll enter "edit" mode and highlight the entire code for you. Awesome.

Oh right, the source box parses HTML, which I personally find a bit shocking since as Washu just pointed out the [lessthan] character is used often, especially in C.

The source box also parses BBCode, so something like an array index with the value i will turn all text after it into italics.

My other beef with the source tag is you can (pseduo-)edit its contents when you double click it:

Woah, never knew that...