[aur-dev] [PATCH] Use sans serif in textareas

[Hugo Osvaldo Barrera]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015, at 22:11, Marcel Korpel wrote:
> * Marcel Korpel <marcel.korpel at gmail.com> (Fri, 10 Jul 2015 03:04:42
> +0200):
> > * Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <hugo at barrera.io> (Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:23:22
> > -0300):
> >> I've seen lots of short code snippets pasted into the comments. I
> >> think keeping the monospaced font there makes sense too (I'd even
> >> argue that comments would better of be displayed monospaced too).
> > 
> > True, I've seen them, too. But I like things consistent: either both
> > the form and the comments in monospace, or both in sans serif.
> 

I agree completely.

> Or explicitly ask to put code snippets in pastebins like
> https://ptpb.pw, so comments aren't cluttered with code.

It's a bit of an overkill for a three-or-four-line-snippet sometimes.
And even if it's suggested, people will inevitably post code into
comments.

> Perhaps, but this is very thin ice, regarding what the AUR should be,
> provide an interface to that service and automatically add a link to
> the pasted code. But I don't think I like this idea (though it's
> doable).

Markdown comments might help deal with this too, but I'm sure the idea
will quickly get shot down. :(


-- 
Hugo Osvaldo Barrera