dispalying html source

[whitedragon1]

i have a question about viewing the html source code. I've started the realistic missions and most of the html source code has no line breaks in it, it comes out as one or two very long strings which makes it difficult to analyze. I was trying to figure out why it displays this way and if there's a way to easily add in the line breaks to make it more readable. thanks for any help.

[limdis]

I believe this was done by design on purpose. Unfortunately some web admins don't keep their code organized and you end up with one hell of a mess. It's just something you have to work through. I've copied the source down and dropped it in word a few times to keep from having to scroll way across notepad. This is why Ctrl+f is your friend. Firebug can also help in some cases.

[tgoe]

You should never rely on ctrl+u to give you nice code. Stuff is ugly for bandwidth reasons, usually

[M4GG1U771]

For bandwidth reasons? Please explain...

I'm thinking about writing a really simple C program that can reformat code as follows.
1) prompt user for file that needs to be reformatted
2) Program opens file, adds line breaks after every semi-colon, and then adds an additional tab (or 4 spaces, or 3, or maybe it can be a parameter set by the user) for every thinking nested within { }.

[centip3de]

I'm thinking about writing a really simple C program that can reformat code as follows.
1) prompt user for file that needs to be reformatted
2) Program opens file, adds line breaks after every semi-colon, and then adds an additional tab (or 4 spaces, or 3, or maybe it can be a parameter set by the user) for every thinking nested within { }.

What does this have to do with bandwidth?

[edone automaton]

What does this have to do with bandwidth?

I think he is referring to OPs problem with reading the source code due to it being set out in a manner non consistent with best programming practices, so he is proposing something to make it look nice and easier to read again

[centip3de]

I think he is referring to OPs problem with reading the source code due to it being set out in a manner non consistent with best programming practices, so he is proposing something to make it look nice and easier to read again

Ah, gotcha. Makes much more sense. Though, his method will only work for C like languages.

[M4GG1U771]

I think he is referring to OPs problem with reading the source code due to it being set out in a manner non consistent with best programming practices, so he is proposing something to make it look nice and easier to read again

Ah, gotcha. Makes much more sense. Though, his method will only work for C like languages.

Not true it will work for a plethora of programming and scripting languages. I guess it depends what you consider "c like". And, if you create a function which passes the delimiter[s] as an argument (instead of hard coding { } and ; as the delimiters), it would work for most languages. A simple if statement could be used to locate one line conditionals that don't need to be nested between { }

Also, can someone explain to me this whole "bandwidth" reason? I think I'm reading into it wrong?

I will probably never get to it anyway, at least until work dies down. Can anyone think of a better pseudo algorithm?

[tgoe]

For bandwidth reasons? Please explain...

For example, have a look at jquery.com. Notice the size difference between the "production" and "development" versions of the library above the download button. While functionally equivalent, the production version is minified (uglified) and only meant to be read by a computer. When you view-source a website you're not getting the version of the code that gets worked on. A smaller filesize is cheaper to distribute, so no formatting characters(whitespace) or comments, etc.

[M4GG1U771]

Oh, I get it. Development code is the exact code that was created by the developer and resides on the server. But, when a client sends a request to the website (merely by visiting it), that code is render into production code by trimming, removal of comments, and removal of all non functional characters.

the more you know!