Engine of forum

0xEAB desisma at heidel.beer
Fri Aug 31 22:00:53 UTC 2018


On Friday, 24 August 2018 at 01:43:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Why can't syntax formatting be implemented, does anyone 
>> disagree that is a useless feature?
>
> It's a useless feature.
>
> Formatting is needed for longer form text, which is not really 
> appropriate for the forum. Forum posts should be short and to 
> the point - posting an article or manifesto should be posted 
> separately, with a link to it in the forum.

Moreover, for those who really want to show their code:
There are sites like run.dlang.io or dpaste.dzfl.pl. They don't 
just store one's code snippets for viewing them with syntax 
highlighting, they also come with the handy feature of allowing 
one to execute them directly via their webservice.


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