New Welcome Message

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

Most newcomers to this forum do not read the page on formatting code. This leads to them posting questions on the forum, but without formatting their code properly. Then the older members have to tell them to format their code properly. Some examples -
https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/19567/how-do-i-make-this-game-2-player-with-wasd-unexpected-token-void#latest
https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/comment/81725/#Comment_81725 (here it has been set)

I'm sure you all must have seen some others yourself.

My proposal is simple - whenever a new member joins the forum, a message should (automatically) be sent to them telling them to read that (and other) page(s) before using the forum.

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

Another example - https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/19565/blob-detection-in-a-bright-area#latest

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

So, no one interested? Or is it so difficult to do what I proposed?

jeremydouglass

Interesting. So something like?

Before posting code to the forum, please read README: How to format code and text

• README: How to format code and text

You must highlight the code in your post and press CTRL-o or it may not be readable or runnable by other forum members.

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

Yes, exactly. That message should be automatically sent all new members.

Lord_of_the_Galaxy

So no one interested still? I really think it will save some time.
I guess the job isn't as easy as I thought.