Template talk:Pre

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This template will render its first parameter as if in <pre></pre> tags, with the difference that Wikimarkup is allowed, line-breaks occur, and overflow is tempered. Note: the allowance of Wikimarkup is accidental and currently incurable; parameters should be manually <nowiki></nowiki>'d if needed.

The point of this template is to avoid nasty errors that occur when the contents of a <pre> tag are too large, and force the tag to expand the page or push other elements away awkwardly.

[edit] Examples

This is some text.

This is some text in pre tags

{{pre|This is some text using this template}}

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This is rather a lot of text that just keeps on going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going!

Using template:

What would this look like in PRE tags?

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If you want white-space displayed as in pre tags, you can use the argument space, which you should set to pre:

{{pre|space=pre|This is rather a lot of text that just keeps on going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going and going!}}

Note that this template cannot display multiple spaces; for this, genuine pre tags must be used.

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Therejustaren'tanyspacesinthistextanditsgonnapushthepageapartnastilyohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdearohdear.

What would this look like in PRE tags?

[edit] Making all pres autoflow

Just add this to your user CSS:

/* Make preformatted sections overflow with a scrollbar instead of uglies */

pre {
    overflow: auto;
    width: auto;
}

— Omegatron 01:13, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe usurp the name Template:Pre?

I wonder whether it would be particularly bad if the name Template:Pre was usurped by the current Template:Pre2?

{{Pre2}} generates <pre>s, but with wrapped text, or a scrollbox, depending on the settings/parameters. It's quite new, but it would be easier to remember if it only had the name {{Pre}}. The reason I like it is that I use the modern skin, and so {{Pre}}, as it is at the moment, shows <pre> differently to normal. It's still a very useful template though, well done on making it! I'm wondering if it could be moved to a different name?

All comments very much appreciated; thanks, Drum guy (talk) 23:16, 13 June 2008 (UTC)