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18-Jul-09 18:09

Hi Nish,

I'm with you in stating there are millions of assembly programmers, however judging from the articles on CP, I would say most of them aren't CP members. So adding an assembly forum would either be unsuccessful, or attract large quantities of new members. Not sure which.

Now if there would be an assembly forum, I would insist on having a separate forum for multimedia assembly too (MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, and their AMD alternatives).

Smile | :)

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PRE tags

Luc Pattyn17-Jul-09 3:23

17-Jul-09 3:23

Hi,

in the "How to get an answer to your question" stickies (more than 1!) there is a confusing sentence:

#6 If you are posting source code with your question, place it inside
<pre></pre> tags, or click the "Ignore HTML tags in this message" check box.

Multiline code should ALWAYS be put in PRE tags, your sentence gives the wrong impression checking some checkbox would be equally well. I would prefer something along these lines:

#6 If you are posting source code with your question, place it inside
<pre></pre> tags. We advise you also check the "Encode HTML tags when pasting" checkbox
before pasting anything inside the PRE block, and make sure the "Ignore HTML tags in this message" check box is unchecked.

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Nish Nishant18-Jul-09 14:20

Nish Nishant

18-Jul-09 14:20

>> Multiline code should ALWAYS be put in PRE tags

Why do you say that Luc? The below examples work well without html/pre-tag support.

<ul>
<li>
Hello
</li>
</ul>

or even

int main()
{
char* s = "hello\n";
printf("%s", s);
return 0;
}

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Nish

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Re: PRE tags [modified]

Luc Pattyn18-Jul-09 17:21

18-Jul-09 17:21

Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Why do you say that Luc?

Because statement #6 is wrong as it implies checking the "Ignore HTML tags in this message" check box is in some way equivalent to, or as good as, using PRE tags, which it isn't.

PRE tags offer:
- a monospaced font, much easier to read code (e.g. count spaces in string literals)
- a different background, improving overall message readability
- and most of all preserve formatting, mainly indentation.

Your main() example may be acceptable if it spans a few lines only; make it 30 lines with nested loops/ifs and it is unreadable without PRE tags. Keep in mind there is a problem somewhere, that is why the message got created, so it should be rendered as readable as possible.

And what would be wrong or lost by putting your examples inside PRE tags? So lets make the rule simple, consistent and effective.

Instead of this

<ul>
<li>
Hello
</li>
</ul>

int main()
{
char* s = "hello\n";
printf("%s", s);
return 0;
}

you would get this

<ul>
<li>
Hello
</li>
</ul>

int main()
{
    char* s = "hello\n";
    printf("%s", s);
    return 0;
}

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modified on Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:39 PM

Chris Maunder6-Aug-09 8:42

6-Aug-09 8:42

Done.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

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Microsoft C++ MVP

Luc Pattyn6-Aug-09 8:48

6-Aug-09 8:48

I wonder what magic potion you're on right now...
I can't keep up reading your "done" messages.

Smile | :)

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Chris Maunder6-Aug-09 9:00

6-Aug-09 9:00

1,3,7-trimethylxanthine

cheers,
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Microsoft C++ MVP

Luc Pattyn6-Aug-09 9:07

6-Aug-09 9:07

if a simple psychoactive stimulant drug has such effect on you, you should do it more often but with moderation.

Laugh | :laugh:

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Chris Maunder6-Aug-09 9:09

6-Aug-09 9:09

You should see what happens when I hit the candy store... Wink | ;)

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Typo

Tom Deketelaere17-Jul-09 3:11

Tom Deketelaere

17-Jul-09 3:11

In the 'How to get an answer to your question' sticky you made a typo while talking about typo's Poke tongue | ;-P

5. Be careful when including code that you haven't made a typo. This ~~type~~ typo can become the focal point instead of the actual question you asked.

Don't know if it's intentional or not but there hasn't been a bug report for almost 2 days now so ... Smile | :)

Re: Typo

Chris Maunder23-Jul-09 10:40

Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

23-Jul-09 10:40

Thanks!

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The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Abhijit Jana15-Jul-09 9:11

Re: Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

15-Jul-09 9:11

It seems Latest best pick article list has been freezed is in C# and ASP.Net section . There are multiple article whiche are having higher rating than the current list. Still there is no changed in that list for last two days. Is there any problem in caching?

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Chris Maunder15-Jul-09 21:52

Re: Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

15-Jul-09 21:52

They are updating as far as I can see...

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Abhijit Jana15-Jul-09 22:45

Re: Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

15-Jul-09 22:45

Chris Maunder wrote:
They are updating as far as I can see...

Then why This Article is not there? Confused | :confused:

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Chris Maunder16-Jul-09 2:35

Re: Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

16-Jul-09 2:35

Because we only show articles if it's been over a week since they changed. This was done to stop people touching their article every day to keep it in the latest list.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Abhijit Jana16-Jul-09 3:59

Re: Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

16-Jul-09 3:59

Thanks Chris. Smile | :)

I have one small query regarding Article version/update. I have posted my last article on 14th and it showing 8 different version just after publishing the article first time. I always checked the "work in progress" chekbox before submitting the article. When I think it ready to release, I just unchecked the Work in Progress chekbox and do the final submission. Now my question is that, why all those previous changes are track as Version and Article showing as Update Status? After Published the article first time (without checking "Work in Progress" CheckBox) the Article Version should be 1 and the consequent update will increase the article version. Please give your input. Smile | :)

Thank You

Best Regards,
Abhijit

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Chris Maunder16-Jul-09 4:07

Re: Does Latest Best Pick Article List has been freezed ?

16-Jul-09 4:07

Sounds like a bug. We'll get on it.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Abhijit Jana16-Jul-09 4:30