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I’ve researched this in the forums, but I just can’t seem to figure it out. I don’t want my code blocks in entries to be highlighted due to the extra span tags. I’ve tried turning off code highlighting in the Typography file in the core folder, but then it processes EE code, even though it is in a blog entry, and wrapped with different combinations of normal HTML PRE and CODE tags.

It’s my understanding that EE template code in entries is not supposed to be processed. I may be wrong?

When I simply use

[code]

tags, the page validates, but I get strange breaks at the end of lines where the last character, usually a bracket or “>” breaks to the next line, which is visually disruptive.

When I put the code within

<pre>

[code]

, it appears correctly, but no longer validates. I can live with the code highlighting, but would prefer that it validates. My ultimate goal is to remove highlighting altogether.

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

A link to the page in question would be handy.

Oh, very true. Sorry! Here it is: http://www.transopticmedia.net/tech_journal/skipping_the_multi_entry_page_in_expressionengine/

I not totally sure what to do for this, my best guess would be to write a plugin or typography extension that will hijack the code area and convert all the HTML into entities and convert new line characters into <br />  Then you can wrap it in a pre or code tag.

Or you can convert all the characters into the proper entities before you submit the entry.

-greg

Thanks, Greg! I ended up just converting all of the code sections to entities.

That’s certainly a pragmatic solution in this instance. Please post again if you need additional help.