Originally Posted by
Carl
@Christian: Um hows it any better? it's the same system except with stupidly long separator tags.
I really don't care that much about what is used as a separator.
But the old system is just inflexible in how whitespace can be used to format the code. And that will change.
Spoiler: comparison of old vs. new tables
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Here is some of the current code I have in a thread I maintain:
{TABLE][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_04_zps7d104f60.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Haley_02_zpsb3044f38.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Redcloak_02_zpsb5823832.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Redcloak_03_zps662d1091.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]
[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_03_zps5bf84ca0.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_05_zps31420d6d.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_02_zps195b4ef3.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_03_zps6a39fd27.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]
[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_06_zps31c0f401.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_04_zpsc47431ba.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_01_zps77fa3d80.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_05_zps6cb5e946.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]
[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_05_zps8122ebf4.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_01_zps00df6cd0.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_03_zps60507f68.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_04_zps0e643130.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]
[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_04_zps50a2a1f2.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_03_zps3b024274.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_05_zpsb5e62612.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_02_zps23d063d2.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]
[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_01_zps50f79653.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_06_zps7bb33cfb.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B]|[CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Vaarsuvius_02_zps6a3d2018.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TABLE]
Imo it is really hard to change that, because It is even optically rather hard to catch the "|", and it is just horrible to have such long lines. (This whole text are just 6 lines!)
With the new style I can sort the cells in the code how I like, and get a much more readable code, like the following:
{TABLE]
[TR]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_04_zps7d104f60.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Haley_02_zpsb3044f38.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Redcloak_02_zpsb5823832.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Redcloak_03_zps662d1091.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_03_zps5bf84ca0.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_05_zps31420d6d.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Roy_02_zps195b4ef3.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_03_zps6a39fd27.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_06_zps31c0f401.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_04_zpsc47431ba.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_01_zps77fa3d80.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Belkar_05_zps6cb5e946.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_05_zps8122ebf4.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_01_zps00df6cd0.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_03_zps60507f68.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_04_zps0e643130.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_04_zps50a2a1f2.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_03_zps3b024274.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_05_zpsb5e62612.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Durkon_02_zps23d063d2.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_01_zps50f79653.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Elan_06_zps7bb33cfb.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[TD][CENTER][IMG]http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r704/ChristianSteu/Vaarsuvius_02_zps6a3d2018.gif[/IMG][B][/CENTER][/B][/TD]
[/TR]
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