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I would also add: No screenshots of code. I don't care if it's not syntax-highlighted, but I would like it to be in plain text, hopefully fixed-width. If you'

I would also add: No screenshots of code. I don't care if it's not syntax-highlighted, but I would like it to be in plain text, hopefully fixed-width. If you're going to reference another blog, please include the relevant information in your own blog before the linked site goes down and I have to hope that site's owner didn't block archive.org from indexing it. I'd like comments enabled, but I know some people have a hard-line stance against it (I was once told, "oh, you're thinking of a forum" when I suggested a developer add comments to their blog). Sometimes people smarter than me comment on my blog, and that adds value to my post when it has incomplete or incorrect information.

andyfleming 7y ago
And if you have line numbers or a shell prompt prefix, make sure they aren’t included when the text is copied!
gist 7y ago
> No screenshots of code. Not that I disagree but isn't there a security risk with code that can be cut and pasted?
- mixedCase 7y ago
  > Not that I disagree but isn't there a security risk with code that can be cut and pasted? Yes if the blog author is malicious and the copy-paster inattentive. Don't even need an inattentive user if it's a command pasted in a terminal that will interpret the newline as <enter>.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  No. Not to the poster. And not any different to the recipient than code that can be retyped, downloaded, or reproduced by any other mechanism besides copy and paste.
- sergiotapia 7y ago
  Who cares - is it your problem?
CM30 7y ago
I'd like to add that snippets of code presented as plain text should not be auto selected when someone clicks on them or what not, but should give the user the OPTION to copy the entire snippet as a separate button. We don't always want to copy everything, we sometimes want to test out specific lines or what not. Don't mess around with how the select option works.

andyfleming 7y ago

And if you have line numbers or a shell prompt prefix, make sure they aren’t included when the text is copied!

gist 7y ago

> No screenshots of code. Not that I disagree but isn't there a security risk with code that can be cut and pasted?

mixedCase 7y ago
> Not that I disagree but isn't there a security risk with code that can be cut and pasted? Yes if the blog author is malicious and the copy-paster inattentive. Don't even need an inattentive user if it's a command pasted in a terminal that will interpret the newline as <enter>.
dragonwriter 7y ago
No. Not to the poster. And not any different to the recipient than code that can be retyped, downloaded, or reproduced by any other mechanism besides copy and paste.
sergiotapia 7y ago
Who cares - is it your problem?

CM30 7y ago

I'd like to add that snippets of code presented as plain text should not be auto selected when someone clicks on them or what not, but should give the user the OPTION to copy the entire snippet as a separate button. We don't always want to copy everything, we sometimes want to test out specific lines or what not. Don't mess around with how the select option works.