[SOLVED] Pasting C++ code snippets into HTML.

OOLaw · Newbie Joined: 23 May 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Canada

Hi everyone:
I'm really busy on a project that I'm taking seriously now. I'm witting a tutorial Involving C++ programming. My problem is that every time I paste my c++ code into my html document, the indenting goes weird. Different browsers are displaying the results differently, but it's all a big mess. I need the code to look right in the HTML and look right after my readers copy and paste it into their code editor.
I know very little about HTML. This is why I'm using OpenOffice's web writer (sweb.exe). So far it's been a pleasure to use.
Could someone please throw me a quick fix for this?

Thank-you very much.

floris_v · Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:14 am Post subject:

Try multiline input boxes for forms. That's probably the safest way to ensure that the special characters aren't converted to html coding. I don't know if it that input box respects tab characters, but you can try. Alternatively, you can save the different code parts in separate files or in one file and add a download link.
Also keep in mind that OOo isn't the best web editor around.

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OOLaw · Newbie Joined: 23 May 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Canada

Thanks floris_v:
I was not able to make much sense of your advice, except that OpenOffice may not be the best choice for editing HTML!!!
However, I had a little success this morning by selecting my code snippet and changing the "Styles and Formating" to "Preformatted Text". Does this sound like a solution to you?
Also, someone told me to put my snippets inside a <div> tag. Is there a brainless way for me to accomplish this from within OO? Or an alternative?

Thanks!

floris_v · Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:48 am Post subject:

I don't do any html coding in OOo, but I did some in the past. See here for a tutorial for text area form fields.

There are many free html editors about, Kompozer is recommended a lot in this forum.
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OOLaw · Newbie Joined: 23 May 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Canada

Thnaks floris_v:
I was able to achieve an acceptable result by changing the paragraph to "Preformatted text" for my snippets.
I've started looking at Kompozer. It looks like it will make all my dreams come true.

Very happy now! Thank-you!.