posting command line codes

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  linuxowns · Member · Jun 5, 2008 at 9:39 pm

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  I run a linux blog and need to be able to post text without it being reformatted by wordpress.

  like “&” becomes something like this if you copy/paste it : “&amp”

  This breaks the code.

  the sourcecode tags aren’t usable because they put numbers before them, thus it again breaks the code.

  How would I just type text with it being reformatted?

  code tags don’t seem to work

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  boblets · Member · Jun 5, 2008 at 9:48 pm

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  You could use html-entities, but that would be bothersome if you post large reams of code..?

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  jamesewelch · Member · Jun 5, 2008 at 10:11 pm

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  You could link to a pastebin web site.

  I thought there was an option to click on a link in the [ sourcecode ] tag to view the raw source code without numbers.

  How do I post source code?

  When you click on “View Plain” hyperlink, it opens the code up in a new browser without the line numbers.

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  linuxowns · Member · Jun 5, 2008 at 10:12 pm

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  html entities is what is causing the problem.

  I’m typing something but html changes it.

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  linuxowns · Member · Jun 5, 2008 at 10:15 pm

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  jamesewelsh,

  that plain view advise helped, but it isn’t ideal.

  any other suggestions?

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  jamesewelch · Member · Jun 5, 2008 at 10:17 pm

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  Yeah, I’m not too fond of the sourcecode tag either. It’s okay, but I don’t use it.

  Can you post an example of how the the ampersands being converted to the HTML safe form of the ampersand (like “&amp ;”) is causing a problem? Is it a display problem or the problem when a user copy/pastes the code, it’s not preserving the original ampersand, etc.