Excellent post Tuna. There is also Ovid's before you post ...
with a focus on reducing a problem prior to posting, and my own On
asking for help which is long, but neglects to discuss any write-up
formatting issues. Now, if we could just get all these (and perhaps
any others I am neglecting) compiled in a single 'first time' faq
and linked to from the Perl Monks Site FAQ or Site How to that
would be a good thing. Though it may just be wishful thinking that
it would help, as it is plainly obvious that many newcomers do not
read the site faq (which has write-up formatting tips right at the
top) and learn about code-tags after their first post.
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Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
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Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
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Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
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Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
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