How to Make a Clean forum post.

[dtrud0h]

  Hi All,
 In the past there have been a number of instances where it is necessary to post a log file, or another large 'chunk' of text for diagnosis.  I'm here to give you a quick walkthrough of how to post such a file and still have the forum look 'tidy' and easily readable.
  When you are asked to supply a log file like /var/log/dmesg or /etc/X11/xorg.conf, for instance I personally find it more appropriate to include the file as an attachment to the post, rather than "in-line" as some of these files are large and would be more easily followed in a text viewer, or editor. Not to mention that five or six posts of code, or messages that don't exactly apply to your particular issue make the board harder to follow, especially when the span pages [1..2..3..4] on the topic.
  The way I propose to include these files is to save the file as a text file while you have it opened for copying.  Most all the time you have to open the file to copy it down anyway, probably opens in kedit, or another editor anyway however this will also work in konsole using the tail, or cat.
  Once you have opened the file to copy the text:

    1.  In the file menu (top left corner of the application) select "Save AS"
    2.  When the dialog pops up type a name for the file ( the original name wil do) and include the extension '.txt'
    3.  Save to the desktop

              OR
    1a. 

Code:

[username@wherever ~]$ cat /etc/fstab>/home/username/Desktop/fstab.txt

   
    4. When making your post in the forum, select "Additional Options" in the lower left of the post form
    5. Click "browse" and select the text (.txt) file that you just created
    6. **NOTE** Preview and spellcheck your post BEFORE you attach files or you will have to re-attach them
                       Because they get lost upon previewing, not too sure about the spellcheck part

 I don't know how the Admins feel about this, but they're admins they can remove the post if they like. 

  I just feel as though it would keep the board more readable and clean looking.

[nintendofreq]

right on, buddy

[CPUnltd]

has anyone considered creating a companion website for pclos posts on a free file server with say 5G of space, having forum users post their codes as html or even plain text files there and having the option of providing a link to the file/page in this forum?  since it's a free file server, it wouldn't require too much from the creator.  Also, I think that it would be best for the fact that you could provide login info as a sticky in the sandbox or somewhere like that.  Then pclos users can save code there without much worry and link it back to this forum.  of course, like with any post that has a text file, they would keep a backup of the info they provide.  especially given the chance of someone else deciding to delete their info, they would be able to resubmit it to the server whenever they choose.

You know what, I will take on this project.  I will come up with a good name for the "site" and instead of offering a sticky, anyone who wants to save their code there for purposes I explained above just has to send me a message here and I will provide them with the login info.  When it's all said and done, if someone hacks the site and deletes everything, I can just remake it and post a message about it in general... as a matter of fact, I will make a post in general detailing this project after I finish this post.  I will provide a link to the post when I am done.

[exterm]

This is what we use in Irc land works for us there are others,  Its been around for years and years now

 http://rafb.net/paste

Why reinvent the wheel CPUnltd?

[jaydot]

add to that http://pastebin.com.  you can choose how long it stays.

[CPUnltd]

This is what we use in Irc land works for us there are others,? Its been around for years and years now

 http://rafb.net/paste

Why reinvent the wheel CPUnltd?

it's funny that you use that phrase... that is EXACTLY what I said in the thread I started about making my site. 

talk about coincidence...

[Sal]

Just as an FYI, attached files will always be temporary in nature. Our attachment directory is of limited size which I have to clean out on a regular basis.
Sal

[CPUnltd]

totally understandable... which is why I plan to use pastebin as often as possible...  the site is pure genius!