Re: How to post code correctly

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On 10/10/2011 5:55 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On 10 Oct 2011 09:31:02 GMT, Linus Flustillbe
> <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com>  wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>
>> My previous posts to this group contained copy/paste Java code
>>from the Eclipse IDE directly into slrn's message area.  80
>> characters does not seem to be enough to contain well indented and
>> formatted code.  I would like to do this correctly for future posts
>> in an effort to be a good usenet citizen.  Does anyone have
>> any suggestions?  I was thinking that if you did something like this
>
> One way is to post the code on a website and give a URL.
...

If you do that, make sure you also put a clear description in your
article. I don't click on links in messages unless I have reason to
believe the article is a genuine question.

Patricia

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How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 09:31 +0000
  Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 04:09 -0700
    Re: How to post code correctly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 08:47 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 09:19 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 19:27 +0000
  Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 05:55 -0700
    Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 13:18 +0000
      Re: How to post code correctly markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-10 07:25 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 14:56 -0700
        Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 23:57 +0000
    Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 09:23 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 19:24 +0000
      Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 15:03 -0700
  Re: How to post code correctly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 18:56 -0700
  Re: How to post code correctly Gorman <gormenski@gmail.com> - 2011-10-11 19:45 -0700

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