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[anonprivate]

I have tried to use the

..

tags to post lines that should scroll. But, usually, I get a single line.

I have tried to post what is effectively text using this markup.

My questions is: is Text computer code?

Should there be another markup used in conjunction with code?

Thanks

[oshunluvr]

From where are you copying this text? Why not post an example?

stuart@office:~$ lltotal 12912
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart     1708 Sep 26 07:11 ./
drwxr-xr-x 1 root   root        100 Apr 18 19:28 ../
drwxr-xr-x 1 root   root         48 May  7 12:42 13.10_home/
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart   465778 Apr  6 11:28 1310pkg.list
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart   234001 Apr 14 00:11 1404pkg.list
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       24 Apr 16 02:19 .adobe/
drwxr-x--- 1 stuart stuart       32 May 12 22:32 .android/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       40 May 29 22:55 .audacity-data/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       24 May 13 12:54 .avidemux/
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart      736 May  9 10:21 .bash_aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart      739 May  9 10:21 .bash_aliases~
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart    42762 Sep 26 07:08 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart      220 Mar 31 19:49 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart     3639 Apr 13 12:18 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart     3637 Apr 13 12:18 .bashrc~
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart      474 May 24 12:20 .cache/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart      490 Sep 23 15:19 .config/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       18 Aug 27 16:56 .cups/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       22 Aug 31 11:49 .dbus/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart     1722 Sep 26 14:25 Desktop/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart      248 May 19 10:29 .devede
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart       47 Sep 26 07:11 .directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart       29 Apr  1 19:06 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart      786 Sep 23 15:31 Documents/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart    18184 Sep 26 16:34 Downloads/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart      174 Sep 26 07:08 .dropbox/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart       82 Sep 12 21:33 .dropbox-dist/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart      772 Sep 13 16:34 .dvdcss/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart      448 May 13 20:50 .dvdcss.old/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart 11475841 Mar  3  2014 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Original Single Version) NDW-bMuDtfxAIKk.mp4
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart      192 May 12 19:49 file
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart      192 May 12 20:02 file2
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       38 Sep 13 14:22 FrostWire/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart      230 Sep 20 13:49 .frostwire5/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart        0 Sep 13 10:14 .gconf/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart      678 Sep 23 14:10 .gimp-2.8/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart        0 Sep 23 15:19 .gnome2/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       80 Sep 22 08:31 .gnupg/
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart     1386 Apr  1 21:04 grub
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       38 Apr 12 11:21 .gstreamer-0.10/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart      415 May 20 19:27 .gtkrc-2.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 stuart stuart       23 May 20 19:27 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 -> /home/stuart/.gtkrc-2.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root     766879 May  7 13:12 hosts-block
drwxr----- 1 stuart stuart       70 Sep 26 04:27 .hplip/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart       72 Sep 24 08:23 .install4j
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       10 Sep 13 14:21 .java/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart      120 Apr 13 11:51 .kde/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart     2954 May 30 19:57 .lives
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       28 May 13 13:11 .lives-dir/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart       30 Apr 29 20:43 .local/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       24 Apr 16 02:19 .macromedia/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       96 Sep 24 09:44 .moneydance/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       18 May 19 10:26 movie/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       34 Apr  1 19:24 .mozilla/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       12 May 13 12:00 .mplayer/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart       50 Sep 23 15:25 Music/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       14 Apr 12 10:40 .nv/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart     2170 Sep  7 10:25 .nvidia-settings-rc
drwxr-x--- 1 stuart stuart      150 May 30 20:29 .openshot/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart      348 Sep 24 11:09 PDF/
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart     7770 Sep 24 07:55 Pictures/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       10 Apr 13 12:16 .pki/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 stuart stuart       38 May 10 12:54 PlayOnLinux's virtual drives -> /home/stuart/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart      700 Apr 12 10:26 .profile
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart     5142 May 30 19:47 Projects/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 stuart stuart        7 Apr 16 01:02 Public -> /shared/
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart      256 Apr 18 19:02 .pulse-cookie
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart    46601 Sep 25 14:48 .recently-used
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       10 Apr 18 19:57 .sane/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart    48310 Aug 26 06:28 save1.kpat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root         66 May  7 15:57 .selected_editor
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       28 May 13 12:00 .spumux/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       80 Mar 25  2014 .ssh/
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart      180 Apr 18 19:04 .steam/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 stuart stuart       31 Apr 18 19:02 .steampath -> /home/stuart/.steam/bin32/steam*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 stuart stuart       29 Apr 18 19:02 .steampid -> /home/stuart/.steam/steam.pid
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart       20 May 10 12:10 Templates/
drwx------ 1 stuart stuart       22 Apr  1 19:21 .thumbnails/
drwxr-xr-x 1 root   root         22 Sep  9 11:51 .ufsxsci/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart       79 Apr  5  2012 .ufsxsci.hbin
-rw-r--r-- 1 stuart stuart      822 Apr 11 11:02 Untitled.sgy
drwxr-xr-x 1 stuart stuart     1814 Sep 23 13:42 Videos/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 stuart stuart       33 Apr 22 20:28 .VirtualBox -> /mnt/vm_drive/stuart/.VirtualBox//
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart       94 Jun  6  2012 .vuescanrc
drwxrwxr-x 1 stuart stuart       36 May 24 12:26 .winff/
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart       51 Sep 26 07:08 .Xauthority
-rw-rw-r-- 1 stuart stuart     1942 Feb  8  2011 .Xmodmap
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart      108 Sep 26 07:08 .xsession-errors
-rw------- 1 stuart stuart      679 Sep 26 07:08 .xsession-errors.old
stuart@office:~$

stuart@office:~$ ls13.10_home    Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Original Single Version) NDW-bMuDtfxAIKk.mp4  movie                         Public
1310pkg.list  file                                                                   Music                         save1.kpat
1404pkg.list  file2                                                                  PDF                           Templates
Desktop       FrostWire                                                              Pictures                      Untitled.sgy
Documents     grub                                                                   PlayOnLinux's virtual drives  Videos
Downloads     hosts-block                                                            Projects
stuart@office:~$

You'll notice 2 things in the above examples: Both times the first carriage return was lost. I don't know why this is happening but I noticed it started happening few months ago. I'm going to go ahead and report this to the mods today. Also notice the text is mono spaced. That's the biggest difference between using [ CODE ] vs. [ QUOTE ] that I see.

stuart@office:~$ ls13.10_home Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Original Single Version) NDW-bMuDtfxAIKk.mp4 movie Public
1310pkg.list file Music save1.kpat
1404pkg.list file2 PDF Templates
Desktop FrostWire Pictures Untitled.sgy
Documents grub PlayOnLinux's virtual drives Videos
Downloads hosts-block Projects
stuart@office:~$

[anonprivate]

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ ls -al ~/
total 180
drwxr-xr-x 26 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 27 12:43 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root   root    4096 Aug 15 04:21 ..
drwx------  3 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:54 .adobe
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew  3260 Sep 26 18:32 .bash_history
-rw-r--r--  1 andrew andrew   220 Aug 15 04:21 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 andrew andrew  3486 Aug 15 04:21 .bashrc
drwx------ 13 andrew andrew  4096 Sep  3 03:57 .cache
drwx------ 15 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 26 04:15 .config
drwx------  3 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:40 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x  2 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:41 Desktop
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew    83 Sep 25 12:55 .directory
-rw-r--r--  1 andrew andrew    29 Aug 16 05:08 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x  5 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 21 06:21 Documents
drwxr-xr-x  2 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 26 05:56 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x  2 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:40 .fontconfig
lrwxrwxrwx  1 andrew andrew    42 Aug 16 05:08 .fonts.conf -> /home/andrew/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
drwx------  2 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 27 12:17 .gconf
drwxr-xr-x 24 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 21 06:35 .gimp-2.8
drwx------  3 andrew andrew  4096 Sep  7 03:41 .gnupg
drwxrwxr-x  2 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:41 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r--  1 andrew andrew    82 Aug 16 05:08 .gtkrc-2.0
-rw-r--r--  1 andrew andrew    82 Aug 15 04:40 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4
drwx------  6 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 16 14:32 .kde
drwxr-xr-x  3 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:41 .local
drwx------  3 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:55 .macromedia
drwx------  4 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:49 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x  3 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 23 01:33 Music
drwx------  3 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:41 .nv
drwxr-xr-x  4 andrew andrew  4096 Sep  1 05:07 Pictures
-rw-r--r--  1 andrew andrew   675 Aug 15 04:21 .profile
drwxr-xr-x  2 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:40 Public
drwx------  2 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 27 12:16 .pulse
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew   256 Aug 15 04:41 .pulse-cookie
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew 25838 Sep 27 14:20 .recently-used
drwxr-xr-x  2 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 15 04:40 Templates
drwx------  4 andrew andrew  4096 Aug 16 06:18 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x  3 andrew andrew  4096 Sep 25 06:01 Videos
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew    62 Sep 27 12:15 .Xauthority
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew   108 Sep 27 12:15 .xsession-errors
-rw-------  1 andrew andrew   108 Sep 26 12:04 .xsession-errors.old
andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$

This seems to have worked - not my usual experience
Using # in post quick reply

[anonprivate]

andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$ ls -a ~/
.              .cache      Documents    .gnupg           .macromedia  Public          Videos
..             .config     Downloads    .gstreamer-0.10  .mozilla     .pulse          .Xauthority
.adobe         .dbus       .fontconfig  .gtkrc-2.0       Music        .pulse-cookie   .xsession-errors
.bash_history  Desktop     .fonts.conf  .gtkrc-2.0-kde4  .nv          .recently-used  .xsession-errors.old
.bash_logout   .directory  .gconf       .kde             Pictures     Templates
.bashrc        .dmrc       .gimp-2.8    .local           .profile     .thumbnails
andrew@andrew-Dell-DM061:~$

Still working, using Go Advanced
I've changed the paste, because the system does not like duplicates

Can't explain my varying experiences, unless someone has made an adjustment!

Do users use the # (code), rather than just a paste, to get the use of a scroll bar?

[Snowhog]

You have to use the the CODE tag (# on the Advanced Editor view) in order to get the scroll bar(s).

If you have copied console output and want to keep the format of the listing, then click on the # (you might have to click the Go Advanced button) first, then put your cursor between the tags and paste what you copied from the console.

[anonprivate]

You have to use the the CODE tag (# on the Advanced Editor view) in order to get the scroll bar(s).

As you can see from post #3 - I Gained access to the scrollbars using 'post quick reply'!

'This seems to have worked - not my usual experience
Using # in post quick reply '