[Feature] Inline code markup

[/usr/]

This BB-code creates a new line:

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[code]

Would be ace to have an inline alternative, e.g. [c], similar to `` in markdown.

[sunrat]

I don't understand what you are asking. Please explain more.

If you are asking for changes to the forum markup code, that would be a request for the phpBB forum software developers.

[/usr/]

I don't understand what you are asking. Please explain more.

If you are asking for changes to the forum markup code, that would be a request for the phpBB forum software developers.

A way to delineate a code block without creating a new line. Say I want to include a short snippet here:

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echo "Hello World!"

[ code ] BB-code tag effectively adds \n before the code.

[rotero]

I'm new to the forum and was just searching for the correct tags for inline code. Apparently, you need to add a customization to have an inline code tag in phpBB: Inline BBCode [c][/c]

[Augie77]

Yep, I think this would be a good idea. It has always bugged me (on another site) that when mentioning a command, encased in the standard

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 command 

there was a new line added and the sentence continued on actually a third line.

When really all I wanted to do was to use the command in a contiguous sentence, encased so as not to cause a problem.

[sunrat]

You got it! Send my fee to sunrat@theinternet.org .

command here Voilà code inline.

[Augie77]

Thank you sir, that is appreciated.

[rotero]

You got it! Send my fee to sunrat@theinternet.org .

command here Voilà code inline.

Excellent. Thank you. But of course, once you deliver a feature, someone wants it to be better… It would be nice if there were a button for the inline code tags in the formatting toolbar. Then we could paste or type an inline snippet, highlight the snippet, and click the toolbar button to wrap the text in the appropriate tags, which in many cases can be done faster than moving the cursor and typing them.

[sunrat]

Excellent. Thank you. But of course, once you deliver a feature, someone wants it to be better… It would be nice if there were a button for the inline code tags in the formatting toolbar.

Considering there is already a code button in the toolbar, and the number of posters who use that incorrectly, I don't think that will happen as it will just confuse less tech-savvy members. The forum has existed happily without it for over 20 years.
Inline code will remain a feature for those who know how to use it. It's trivially easy anyway, just

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[c]code here[/c]