Is there a vb code (on these boards) overstrike? That is, typing on letter on top of another. Or running a line through a word. I think I’ve seen it here.
Thanks,
mangeorge
There’s a [del]strikethrough[/del] tag. The format is [del]text[/del]. More vB code help is here.
Of course there is, you [del]ignorant little nimbob[/del]fellow SDMB poster. Try {del}<word>{/del} replacing the { with a [, of course. The “typing one letter over another”…I’m not sure how your GUI would even cope with that.
Try this page for the basic list of vBulletin codes. Some of these have been disabled, like [img] and
. Hmm, does
highlight
work? I guess it does, though I can't see that it's any better than using the color tag.
Anyway, it's all very useful and something the Admins should consider adding someplace on the SDMB so that people don't bugger up the quote and url coding so much. Note that you can also reference specific threads, and even posts within the thread, by their identification number instead of quoting the entire url; much preferred over copying the url of those "show single post only" pages.
StrangerI rescind my previous complaint.
Stranger
The PHP tag works; it’s just a special case of the CODE tag. Like the CODE tag, it preserves formatting and whitespace, but it also color codes PHP keywords, functions, directives, operators and variables. Thusly:
srand(time());
$starting_point = (rand()%51);
print("Starting point for cut cards is: $starting_point<p>");
// display shuffled cards (EXAMPLE ONLY)
for ($index = 0; $index < 52; $index++)
{
if ($starting_point == 52) { $starting_point = 0; }
print("Uncut Point: <strong>$deck[$index]</strong> ");
print("Starting Point: <strong>$deck[$starting_point]</strong><br>");
$starting_point++;
}
So I can strike out verbosity [del]thusly[/del] in this way.
In some writings, legal papers I think, offending letters are struck by typing "x"s onto them. My daughter tells me her office still has a typewriter (in a closet) for those things a word processor can’t readily do. Filling in the blanks on forms, for example.
Thanks
mangeorge
There’s no way of performing arbitrary character overstrikes in HTML alone, and thus no way of doing it with vB Code either. However, with Unicode you can overstrike certain characters known as combining diacritical marks—these are generally things like diareses, arrows, cedillas, and other accent marks. You could use these, albeit semantically incorrectly, to visually simulate old typewriter-style strikethrough with slashes: e̸x̸a̸m̸p̸l̸e̸
so this is bold is it?
I’m a code virgin
Oh Frabjous Day!
A virgin no longer.
How do you do colours?
The furthest right of the three drop down boxes - the others being Font and Size.
I don’t have any drop down boxes??
I have never been able to see smilies either - some people seem to be able to choose them too.
What’s going on??
I’ve seen lines of text which scroll sideways (although not, I think, on the SDMB). I’ve never been able to find a vb code for it. Does it exist, or is this some other form of wizardry at work?
You have to “go advanced” to get those options.
As FilmGeek said, you have to use advanced mode to get them up - alternatively, I assume you could just use the tags (COLOR=Red] [/COLOR) - remember to use color and not colour, if you’re not American ( I forget that all the time). Pretty much all the simple colours are in there, so just pick one and insert!*
*Words to live by.
That’s the HTML “marquee” tag, which thank Og isn’t available here.
If you see a post using an interesting technique, you can always hit the REPLY (Reply with Quote) button. All the text, including its formatting, will be revealed.
Oh, so you think you’re clever, eh? Well, take THIS you showoff!
Clearly, Q.E.D. is on the public payroll, what with that kind of time on his hands.
Stranger
Heh. Nah, didn’t take any time at all. I cheated. Mangetout created a little program in VB a while back which can apply a gradient effect to any text, among other things.