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@Tomasz - it's a good idea, but because some users have read only a few posts before they make their own (it's a pity we cannot restrain them from posting before they read at least 50-100 posts - you have already explained why), they might not know how their codes should look like. They might be used to many other forums which don't provide similar functionalities. For this reason I suggest adding a small example - like this one (or this one):


If you enter or paste your code without proper code tags, it will look like this one:

_SECTION_BEGIN("Price");
SetChartOptions(0,chartShowArrows|chartShowDates);
_N(Title = StrFormat("{{NAME}} - {{INTERVAL}} {{DATE}} Open %g, Hi %g, Lo %g, Close %g (%.1f%%) {{VALUES}}", O, H, L, C, SelectedValue( ROC( C, 1 ) ) ));
Plot( C, "Close", ParamColor("Color", colorDefault ), styleNoTitle | ParamStyle("Style") | GetPriceStyle() );
_SECTION_END();

If someone copies such code from the web page and pastes it to the AFL Editor, in most cases it will result in many editing errors:

Error

If you copy-paste your code properly - using code tags, it should look like this:

_SECTION_BEGIN("Price");
SetChartOptions(0,chartShowArrows|chartShowDates);
_N(Title = StrFormat("{{NAME}} - {{INTERVAL}} {{DATE}} Open %g, Hi %g, Lo %g, Close %g (%.1f%%) {{VALUES}}", O, H, L, C, SelectedValue( ROC( C, 1 ) ) ));
Plot( C, "Close", ParamColor("Color", colorDefault ), styleNoTitle | ParamStyle("Style") | GetPriceStyle() ); 
_SECTION_END();

... such code can by copy-pasted directly to the AFL Editor without any editing errors. Additionally long or wide codes are placed inside a pane - which enables reading and copying them properly.

Each user can see how his/her post will look like (before submitting) by clicking Preview in the bottom right corner of the panel. It is advised to have this preview pane opened when writting a post.

Each post can be edited/modified/deleted within the first 15 minutes. For this reason after submitting the post, the user should check if the new post is properly formatted and if it doesn't contain any errors which can be spotted and corrected.

If the user doesn't obey the rules, his/her posts will be removed.


Maybe this helps, because there is nothing more frustrating than watching how much time is wasted on such basic and unproductive things ...

Regards

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