Hi, I want to be able to post blocks of code in articles, just like this:


How are people doing this in MoveableType?

At the moment I put the code in <pre> tags and the search & replace < -> &lt; + > -> &gt; -- I've got a text filter plug-in almost done that uses type tags though including translating the contents of [ code ] tags to display the code.

Instead of search-and-replace, you can use Quick Escape to escape HTML for you.

I've been using brad's macro plugin for this:



Then surround your code with code tags:

Thanks for all the very helpful suggestions. So with these types of escaped characters, when someone copies and pastes the code, do they get the < and >symbols, or do they get all the escape codes that create them? I mean - can they use it, or do they pretty much have to go in and fix it all?

I know that when you use a text field to type code in, it can be copied and pasted just fine.

Oh, I think I've got it: first run the code thru that accessify page, then just surround it with a < textarea > tag, and you're done?

That's one way to do it, Ellen. And putting it in a textarea tag makes it easily selectable, too, which is nice.

Ah, I was trying to do this one time... I couldn't figure it out, so I ended up taking a screenshot! This is great, thank you.