The variable width part confuses me, though. Where are you seeing variable width text? We show fixed-width in all the comments.
Christian -- Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com Review Board - http://www.reviewboard.org VMware, Inc. - http://www.vmware.com On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Stephen Tyree <tyree...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is basically what I had in mind. By default have comments use > variable width text (as they do now) and not be interpreted as code, > but if certain indentation is applied (ala StackOverflow) then the > text is interpreted as code, a fixed width font is applied and the > code is highlighted accordingly. Adding a small toolbar in the comment > box's text input to simplify adding a code block could make this even > better. > > On May 4, 2:47 pm, Christian Hammond <chip...@chipx86.com> wrote: > > I assume being able to have syntax-highlighted code in comments. If > > so, I'll say that I've wanted this for a while but never came up with > > a UI I love, as I really don't want to clutter the comment dialog. > > > > One thing that could work is following a ReST model where indented > > blocks of text are considered code. We could try to apply highlighting > > based on the highlighter for the code being commented on. > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, David Trowbridge <trowb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for the feedback! > > > Can you clarify what you mean by "ability to format fixed-width blocks > of code"? > > > -David > > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Stephen Tyree <tyree...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > I've been using ReviewBoard for over a year now, and the only thing I > > > find a lacking from a user perspective is the commenting > > > functionality. When posting comments, I don't have the ability to > > > format fixed-width blocks of code or have the code in those blocks be > > > properly syntax highlighted. Given that ReviewBoard is (AFAIK) > > > typically used for code reviews, this seems like an obvious win > > > functionality wise. Are there any plans to add this in future > > > versions? > > > > > Thanks! > > > Stephen Tyree > > > > > -- > > > Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today athttp:// > www.reviewboard.org/donate/ > > > Happy user? Let us know athttp://www.reviewboard.org/users/ > > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today athttp:// > www.reviewboard.org/donate/ > > > Happy user? Let us know athttp://www.reviewboard.org/users/ > > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en > > > > -- > > -- > > Christian Hammond - chip...@chipx86.com > > Review Board -http://www.reviewboard.org > > VMware, Inc. -http://www.vmware.com > > -- > Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today at > http://www.reviewboard.org/donate/ > Happy user? Let us know at http://www.reviewboard.org/users/ > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en > -- Want to help the Review Board project? Donate today at http://www.reviewboard.org/donate/ Happy user? Let us know at http://www.reviewboard.org/users/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reviewboard?hl=en
