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Tedious HTML
2004-06-05, 2:43 PM #1
I'm doing a definition page for my site and trying to copy it straight from the dictionary is tedious.
Code: 
<b>libel</b> /<span class="small"><sup>|</sup></span>
la<span class="smaller">I</span>b(ə  [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]l/ <i>n</i>. & <i>v</i>. –<i>n</i>. <b>1</b>
 <i>Law</i> <b>a</b> a published false statement damaging to a person's reputation (cf <span class="smaller">SLANDER</span> ). <b>b</b> the act of publishing this. <b>2 a</b>
 a false and defamatory written statement. <b>b</b> (foll. by <i>on</i> ) a thing that brings discredit by misrepresentation etc. (<i>the portrait is a libel on him; the book is a libel on human nature</i> ). <b>3 a</b>
 (in civil and ecclesiastical law) the plantiff's written declaration. <b>b</b> <i>Sc Law</i> a statement of the grounds of charge. <b>4</b>
 (in full <b>public libel</b> ) <i>Law</i> the publication of a libel that also involves the criminal law. –<i>v.tr.</i> (<b>libelled</b>, <b>libelling</b>; <i>US</i> <b>libeled</b>, <b>libeling</b> ) <b>1</b>
 defame by libellous statements. <b>2</b> accuse falsely and maliciously. <b>3</b> <i>Law</i> publish a libel against. <b>4</b>
 (in ecclesiastical law) bring a suit
 against. <b>criminal libel</b> <i>Law</i> a deliberate defamatory statement in a permanent form. <b>libeller</b> <i>n</i>. [ME f. OF f. L. <i>libellous</i> dimin. of
 <i>liber</i> book]<br /><br />


all the special characters are parsed in the code block. bleh...

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[This message has been edited by Darth Evad (edited June 05, 2004).]
2004-06-05, 5:35 PM #2
You need to learn PHP so you can write up a script to do the formatting for you.

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2004-06-05, 5:38 PM #3
Using CSS is another alternative which requires no programming skills, unlike php. You can also use Javascript if you want to use a scripting language too but it would be client-side, unlike php.

[nevermind on the CSS part. I think you have some in there]

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2004-06-05, 7:15 PM #4
It's the & #8611 ; characters and stuff that I had to type in. The upside down e's and the little boxes and stuff.

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2004-06-05, 7:18 PM #5
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cool Matty:
You need to learn PHP so you can write up a script to do the formatting for you.

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Just to preempt GBK- you can do this with Perl too!

But I think Evad knows enough PHP already to do so.
2004-06-05, 7:21 PM #6
Yeah. And it was just for the one page so I struggled through it. Heh...

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