User talk:Shoejar/t:src

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[edit] Source

A template for showcasing template source-code (or any plain text, for that matter).

<table style="border:1px dashed slategrey; background:ivory; width:90%; font-family:courier new; margin-left:0.5em"><tr style="color:slategrey"> <td style="border-bottom:1px solid slategrey">{{{2|--}}}</td> </tr><tr> <td>{{msgnw:{{{1}}}}}</td> </tr></table>

[edit] Usage

For some example template, say Template:T0:

[edit] 1

{{User:Shoejar/t:src|T0}}

gives

--

start-{{{1}}}-end

[edit] 2

{{User:Shoejar/t:src|T0|
T0 is an example template used in [[Help:Template]].
...}}

gives

T0 is an example template used in Help:Template. ...

start-{{{1}}}-end

[edit] Notes

1. Doesn't turn out nicely if the template page has a large noinclude element, especially because of:
2. Problems with newlines in markup.