Tag alignment

[Joaz Banbeck]

I'd like to see closing delimiters in the same column as opening delimiters. ( In this instance, I think that means at the beginning of a new line. )

This is ok:


TAG_TYPE_1
misc stuff
TAG_TYPE_2
more misc stuff which might be a really really really long sentence.
CLOSE_TAG_2
other misc text
more misc stuff which can be arbitrarily long but doesn't affect readability.
CLOSE_TAG_1


This is a pain in the rear:


TAG_TYPE_1
misc stuff
TAG_TYPE_2
more misc stuff which happens to be very long so you don't see the closing tag. CLOSE_TAG_2
other misc text
more misc stuff which also happens to be rather long. CLOSE_TAG_1


The two posts have the same logic, but the first is much easier to read. I can write a post in the first style, and when I edit it, the editor transposes it into the second style.

[Harleqin]

I actually like this better:

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    TAG_TYPE_1
      misc stuff
      TAG_TYPE_2
        more misc stuff which happens to be very long so you don't see the closing tag. CLOSE_TAG_2
      other misc text
      more misc stuff which also happens to be rather long. CLOSE_TAG_1
  

However, I think that the "source code" of the postings should simply not be changed, so that anyone can have it his way.

(On a related but off topic note, I think that XML-style named close tags are completely redundant and superfluous, anyway. Just to be clear, the original design of HTML should have been like this:

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    <TAG_TYPE_1|
      misc stuff
      <TAG_TYPE_2|
        more misc stuff which happens to be very long so you don't see the closing tag.>
      other misc text
      more misc stuff which also happens to be rather long.>
  

in my opinion.)