[pmwiki-users] Howto format monospace

[Joachim Durchholz]

pmwiki at 911networks.com schrieb:
> Any suggestion?

I use [@...@] and do the indenting and formatting via CSS.
Take a look at 
http://durchholz.org/jo/debian-install/Main/FormatPartitions and
http://durchholz.org/jo/debian-install/pub/skins/local/pmwiki.css ; the 
relevant CSS passages are those for "code" and "pre".

Disadvantages:
* PmWiki markup isn't interpreted inside the [@...@] blocks. This is bad 
because I can't use styles there (e.g. to highlight passages, or to 
insert a running commentary).

Advantages:
* PmWiki markup isn't interpreted inside the [@...@] blocks. This is 
good because I can then copy&paste shell script fragments and such 
without having to worry whether I need to escape parts of the text.
* The indent is done using CSS, not via   and such. So if people 
copy&paste from the HTML page, they don't inadvertently copy superfluous 
space characters. (This *can* be a problem; sometimes, indentation does 
indeed matter.)
* The indent is done using CSS, so I can copy over the passages from the 
text shell window without having to insert leading spaces or do any 
other formatting when pasting to the PmWiki edit field.

At this time, I'm rather happy with the way it is. Particularly the last 
issue is highly important for me: that I can simply copy&paste from a 
text window without even having to think about formatting. Since I'm 
copying&pasting a lot, and these snippets are the core of the entire 
site, that's paramount; I'm not sure how much of that reasoning applies 
to your site.

Regards,
Jo