posting a code

Jan1000 · July 13, 2018

Hello,

how can I post a code in the Forum ? When I post the normal code the biggest part disappears after posting it.

Jan

bwiernik · July 13, 2018

Wrap it it <code> tags.

Jan1000 · July 13, 2018

Then I get double <<>>

<<terms>>
<<locale xml:lang="de">>
<<term name="et-al">et al.>
<</locale>>
<</terms>>

bwiernik · July 14, 2018

To be clear, you have to wrap the whole code block in

<code> and </code>

tags. For long style code blocks, it's easier to paste https://hastebin.com/ and then post a link here.

In terms of what is wrong with your code there, it looks like you are missing the closing "/>" at the end of the "term" line.

Jan1000 · July 14, 2018

okay looks like this:

<terms>
<locale xml:lang="de">
<term name="et-al">et al.</term>
</locale>
</terms>

bwiernik · July 14, 2018

Okay, and what is the problem you are having?

adamsmith · July 14, 2018

The locale and terms elements are switched. It's
locale
terms
term

Jan1000 · July 14, 2018

My only question is how I can post a code like step4 did in the following link (not grey)

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/12031/change-u-a-into-et-al

@adamsmith worked fine for me like it is.

bwiernik · July 14, 2018

Please just post them in the code tags (grey). That is much less error prone. Getting the plain text to show up requires repacking the < and > characters with their HTML entities, rather than just pasting the code.