[HOW-TO]Quick options for < b > and etc.

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There are two plugins that can help you format your posts quicker:

Chrome application; FF application

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

* You can report a bug for the CHROME app HERE but I think Piet is still working on the app.

In a bug report it is very helpful to write:
* what you do
* what you expect
* what the result was.

All that follows is about the CHROME extension

 FORMATTING A TEXT:

BOLD <B>; UNDERLINED <U>; ITALIC <I>; STRIKE <S>


How to use:
* Select the text you have typed and choose the appropriate option
OR
* Choose the option from the submenu and then type the text between the tags.


Example:
<B><U> This is going to be bold and underlined text </B></U>

 GENERAL FAQ - from Piet

All the tags work as follows:
* If nothing is selected, you get the empty tag, and the caret (cursor) is inserted at the position most logically.
* If something was selected, it will be part of the inserted text, at some location and the complete inserted text is selected.


For the <a> tag there are two options:

<a>
* If you type an URL like: http://www.goodreads.com select this text and select the < a > menu option of 'bbCode Insert' you get the following text replacing the selection:

<a href=prompt>
If you like to see a description of the link instead of the URL, do the following:

* Type the URL: http://www.goodreads.com
* Type the description on a new line: "A nice site about reading books"
* Select the URL and with CTRL-X put it in the clipboard. (Or copy from address bar)
* Select the description text and use the '<aa href=prompt>' menu option of 'bbCode Insert'.
A dialog box is launched asking for the URL of the link. Leave it empty or enter a URL. To get the URL you put in the clipboard use CTRL-V [paste].
* You get the following result:
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com" > A nice site about reading books </a>


The <pre> tag

All text between a <pre> tag has to be taken literal.
The font chosen for a pre tag is a monospace font by definition/default, like Courier.