Util.RawHtml and whitespaces
Hi guys,
It seems that Util.RawHtml will add formatting to the output of the provided XML.
The problem here is, that I want to display syntax highlighted code, which is contained in a <pre>. [1]
Because of the formatting, the output looks rather weird (the pre-tag will retain the whitespaces that were introduced by the XML formatting)
I would suggest to add an optional parameter to RawHtml, to tell LinqPad to use:
btw, I am using the current Beta (4.42.01)
[1] If you found this thread searching for syntax highlighting in LinqPad, I am using ColorCode http://colorcode.codeplex.com/
It seems that Util.RawHtml will add formatting to the output of the provided XML.
The problem here is, that I want to display syntax highlighted code, which is contained in a <pre>. [1]
Because of the formatting, the output looks rather weird (the pre-tag will retain the whitespaces that were introduced by the XML formatting)
I would suggest to add an optional parameter to RawHtml, to tell LinqPad to use:
xml.ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting)Or simply always use SaveOptions.DisableFormatting for RawHtml.
btw, I am using the current Beta (4.42.01)
[1] If you found this thread searching for syntax highlighting in LinqPad, I am using ColorCode http://colorcode.codeplex.com/
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Can you give an example?
btw, are you aware that LINQPad has a built-in feature for displaying syntax-colored text?PanelManager.DisplaySyntaxColoredText ("var x = \"foo\"", SyntaxLanguageStyle.CSharp);
SyntaxLanguageStyle can be one of the following:None, CSharp, VB, FSharp, SQL, ESQL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PowerShell, Python, XAML, XML -
Hi Joe,
You can run this query and should see some whitespace before the text:new{SomeProp=Util.RawHtml("<pre><span>Shouldn't have whitespace on the left</span></pre>")}Oh and I know about PanelManager.DisplaySyntaxColoredText, but it doesn't put the text in the ordinary HTML-based output, but into extra "tabs".
Sometimes, I want to show some scripts in a table, and RawHtml is doing the job almost perfectly. :-) -
OK: I'll get rid of the formatting in LINQPad's HTML output. I don't see why it's needed - it only adds bloat and people can use reformatting tools if they're interested in examining the source.
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Cool, thx a lot! :-)
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This is now in beta:
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Thx Joe,
One tiny little problem still remains:
The overload of RawHtml, that takes a string does not preserve whitespaces.
When you run the following query, you should see that there is no whitespace between "blue" and "red".Util.RawHtml(@<pre><span style='color:Blue;'>blue</span> <span style='color:Red;'>red</span></pre>)
When I change it to use the overload that takes an XElement (parsing it with LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace), the output is as expected:Util.RawHtml(XElement.Parse(@<pre><span style='color:Blue;'>blue</span> <span style='color:Red;'>red</span></pre>, LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace))
I simply changed it in my utility library to use the XElement-overload, so I do not need that fix.
It isn't really obvious, though and the fix seems to be quite straight forward.
Thx for your work on this awesome tool.
Cheers,
Robert
