Sample Code Interpreted as Bad HTML

[smbaird]

I had a piece of code I need to insert into a topic but it is being read as bad HTML code (invalid syntax). How can I get the code the render correctly in the topic? Anyone?

[NorthEast]

I had a piece of code I need to insert into a topic but it is being read as bad HTML code (invalid syntax). How can I get the code the render correctly in the topic? Anyone?

At a guess, it's probably because the code isn't valid XHTML. XHTML is used for Flare's topic editor, and has some differences to HTML - e.g. you must always close tags.
See here: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_xhtml.asp

[smbaird]

Yes I realize that my sample code is not XHTML or even HTML. Is there a way to escape this string so that the XHTML parser doesn't try to read it is XHTML?

[smbaird]

OK. digging for info on escaping, I discovered the the "<" in the code sample needs to be escaped as < Problem solved!

[NorthEast]

You didn't say it was sample code (to be displayed as text).

Just paste the code in the XML Editor, rather than trying to paste it in the Text Editor.

If you want to preserve formatting, insert a pre tag first, then paste the sample code inside that, and choose the paste option Paste Inline Text.

[ArdisRamey]

The <pre> tag helps with almost everything - but it won't fix this problem when it comes to < and >.

What is the solution for < and > symbols that must appear in sample code as text?

[NorthEast]

So what exactly is the problem you're having?

The < and > symbols work fine for me. If I enter < > in XML Editor view, then Flare converts these to < and > in the underlying HTML.
If you copy/paste the code from the output, it's put on the clipboard as < > correctly.

[ArdisRamey]

That may be another huge difference between the Text Editor and the XML Editor, then.

I author primarily in the Text Editor, and only hop into the XML Editor if I'm forced to to access functionality that's excluded from the Text Editor.

I'll have to give it a try in the XML Editor and see whether that fixes the problem.

[NorthEast]

Yeah, whatever you enter in the text editor has to be valid (X)HTML.

In XML Editor view, create a pre tag, then paste the code sample inside using the paste option Paste Inline Text.