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I clicked the new thread button but decided not to key/enter anything...so this is what I get for not posting my thoughts of madness. I should have posted my diarrhea infested thought for the day and saved my point spread.
16 May 2011 1:04 PM Post a General Forum Message (undo) Debator Forum Message -1
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** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter.
** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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You don't lose points for aborting. You will lose points (unfortunately) if you post a message in a thread that gets nuked, since all messages will be deleted.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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That explains it. Thanks Chris. I did post a message in the Lounge in a thread that was FUBAR.
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** You don't hire a handyman to build a house, you hire a carpenter.
** Jack of all trades and master of none.
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Assuming the front-page featured articles change more than once a day, would it be possible to include a link to see previous entries?
It would not have to go back more than a month or so.
Thanks,
Graham
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It's a random selection and not stored. Are you thinking you'd like to view a feature article that you saw and missed, or just go through a list of articles that qualify for feature status to see the creme de la creme?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Both, actually.
How often is the feature article changed?
Graham
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Every 5 mins
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hmm ... in that case, skip it.
The list of recent featured articles would quickly become unwieldy.
Graham
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Note if we show the last 24hrs worth...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Even still, at 5 minutes per entry, you're still looking at ~300 entries per day.
Your call (you'll be doing all the real work . But it would be great to be able see at least a subset of recent featured articles.
Thanks for your attention,
Graham
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I'll add it to the rainy day pile
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Assuming you are up here in Toronto, that pile should have shrunk considerably over the last week or so
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Yeah, I was wondering if someone would cotton on to me there
Whereabouts are you? And do you know which month the sun is meant to shine?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Toronto - Parklawn & Queensway.
The sun shone for a few hours earlier this month, used up our quota
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I just tried to quote one in FF 3.6.16, and discovered that if I only selected the text inside the pre-block it didn't put the pre tags into the paste. I had to select before/after material as well and manually remove it.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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You got me by surprise here. When you copy a code snippet into a source editor such as Visual Studio, you probably don't want the PRE tags at all. And that happens to be what I do most of the time, testing some code an enquirer has provided. So I'd rather not get its behavior changed.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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Ummm what?
Why would I be using the CP Quote Selected Text button to load stuff onto my clipboard to paste into Visual Studio? In FF 3.6.16 it doesn't put anything on the clipboard at all. Even if it did, why would I want any of the other markup in VS when a simple copy/paste gets completely unformatted text to paste into the editor?
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Oh, sorry, I misunderstood (and I think so did Chris); I took it as copy-paste doesn't preserve the PRE tags, I regularly copy-paste an enquirer's code to Visual Studio.
You are right, and I had noticed it earlier, quoting (using the "Quote Selected Text") does quite some processing, including PRE removal. BTW: I've seen it do some clever things, it knows how to deal with half a PRE or CODE tag, etc.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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We're returning whatever the browser, in its infinite wisdom, returns as part of the selection.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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There's clearly at least a bit more processing than that since something is rejecting any selections containing text outside the message area itself. Is detecting your own pre tag markup and bashing the pre tags back around it really too much to ask?
Edit: PS somehow while testing the above I managed to post my message only half written. Dunno if that was a code bug or a meatspace error; but I wasn't able to reproduce it.
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for all the authors here on CodeProject.
Bookmarks: 5 points
Downloads: 2 points
Yeah, that's gonna get those articles rolling in. Not.
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Articles are rolling in. It's just that a lot of them kinda suck.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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I don't see any points to me whatsoever. No 5, no 2. Zero!
Hans Dietrich wrote: for all the authors here on CodeProject.
Bookmarks: 5 points
Downloads: 2 points
I guess it should have been 2-2 or 2-1. 5-2 is a little to high ratio.
2 is still too high based on the way I have seen articles attachment download.
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I'd like to discuss this with you, but frankly I'm just too disgusted right now.
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A member received points for downloading a file 2
The author of a downloadable file receives points when their file is downloaded 5
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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