Need a way to post "preformatted" text which is not code

[Andrew Neil]

For example, a table like this:

This has been posted using the code editor, so it has inappropriate C syntax highlighting.

 

On the old forum, there was a ‘Preformatted’ option in the paragraph formats menu:

 

The ‘Code’ option in the new forum is not equivalent:

It’s a character format - not a paragraph format.

It doesn’t work for blocks of text (such as the table example above) - it’s for highlighting individual keywords within a paragraph.

 

 

I made a post about this for the old forum in the How to write your question to maximize your chances to find a solution article (note that the new forum has mangled the examples in that post).

We need an equivalent for the new forum

Perhaps a ‘Plain Text’ option in the code editor?

[Andrew Neil]

This forum doesn’t even have the option to use a mono-spaced (fixed-width) font.

[Andrew Neil]

Hmmm … it looks like the ‘Markdown’ language option in the Code editor might be usable:

 

+-----+                      +---------+
|     |                      |         |
|  a  |   a directed line    | another |
|     +--------------------->+         |
| box |                      |   box   |
|     |                      |         |
+-----+                      +---------+

 

[Andrew Neil]

This is how it appeared in the post editor:

 

But what we actually get is this:

I guess it’s better than nothing - but still not great.

 

And still WYSINWYG - What You See Is Not What You Get !

 

[unsigned_char_array]

In some markdown flavors you can add a code block. Let me test it:

Editing before inserting:

Preview after it was inserted:

 

Result:

```
+-----+                      +---------+
|     |                      |         |
|  a  |   a directed line    | another |
|     +--------------------->+         |
| box |                      |   box   |
|     |                      |         |
+-----+                      +---------+
```