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Old May 28th, 2007, 07:33 PM
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If you are using Firefox as you browser, you'll probably have discovered that the new-style [code] tags don't allow you to copy posted code without an annoying "#" on every other line.
In order for you to get the raw text of the posted code, just hit the "Reply" button, copy what's between the tags and browse "Back" to the OP.

Hope that helps,
Barton

Last edited by bartonc; June 30th, 2007 at 09:00 AM. Reason: Not on IE7 any more
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Old May 28th, 2007, 07:59 PM
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I have been saving the copied code to a text file and running this script:
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  1. fn = 'script.txt'
  2. outFile = 'script.py'
  3.  
  4. f = open(fn)
  5. fList = [line.rstrip()[6:] for line in f]
  6. f.close()
  7.  
  8. f=open(outFile, 'w')
  9. f.write('\n'.join([i for i in fList if i != '']))
  10. f.close()
Thanks for the tip, Barton. That will be easier.
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Old May 28th, 2007, 08:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bvdet
I have been saving the copied code to a text file and running this script:
Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. fn = 'script.txt'
  2. outFile = 'script.py'
  3.  
  4. f = open(fn)
  5. fList = [line.rstrip()[6:] for line in f]
  6. f.close()
  7.  
  8. f=open(outFile, 'w')
  9. f.write('\n'.join([i for i in fList if i != '']))
  10. f.close()
Thanks for the tip, Barton. That will be easier.
You are welcome. The funny thing is (living in relative isolation from eachother, as we do), I didn't think that this would really affect many users. I'm glad to know that a simple IE user can come up with solutions to other's problems.

Thanks for the script, too. I've quoted you over on the Feedback Forum. It'll be interesting to see other's reactions.
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Old June 30th, 2007, 09:22 PM
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re: New (Firefox)!!! Instructions for copying code from these threads (also IE)


Quote:
Originally Posted by bartonc
If you are using Firefox as you browser, you'll probably have discovered that the new-style [ code ] tags don't allow you to copy posted code without an annoying "#" on every other line.
In order for you to get the raw text of the posted code, just hit the "Reply" button, copy what's between the tags and browse "Back" to the OP.

Hope that helps,
Barton
I now looks as if these instructions apply to everybody. Long lines like:
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  1.     print '*****************************************************************'
get spaces added in some weird place. I remember having this problem in IE a long time ago.
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Old August 3rd, 2007, 10:43 AM
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re: New (Firefox)!!! Instructions for copying code from these threads (also IE)


If found the coolest solution for Firefox users who regularly visit sites that work poorly (or won't work at all - like Window Update) on Firefox!

Just go get ietab for firefox.
It works very well, but you do lose the spell checker.
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Old August 14th, 2007, 10:03 AM
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re: New (Firefox)!!! Instructions for copying code from these threads (also IE)


ehh...so what happened to my post bartonc???? who deleted it and why??
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Old August 14th, 2007, 09:32 PM
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ehh...so what happened to my post bartonc???? who deleted it and why??
Do you mean the one in this thread? I split it out to separate the issues being discussed. It was easy to find: Click you name (link to profile) click "find all posts be latitude".
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Old August 15th, 2007, 07:59 AM
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re: New (Firefox)!!! Instructions for copying code from these threads (also IE)


Ah right, thanks for clearing that up...

Thats such a nice feature it really should be in the control panel - makes life abit more easier!
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Old August 26th, 2007, 08:58 PM
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Firefox users: Clear your cache for a big surprise!
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Old November 29th, 2007, 06:04 PM
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Firefox users: Clear your cache for a big surprise!
I did that but my toaster exploded! You are evil Barton, pure evil! Now I need to buy a new toaster.
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gracias for the tip. I just got firefox (well, I got Ubuntu with firefox) so thanks.
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Old August 10th, 2008, 09:51 PM
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re: New (Firefox)!!! Instructions for copying code from these threads (also IE)


Hi everyone,I used to copy the code.
After that, opening Kwrite on linux.
Then, press Ctrl + R search with regex and put this regex
\s\s+\d+[.]+\n+\s{6}
then replace all.
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