Goto Line, Basically ;)

[sal_vager]

Unfortunately this doesn't work anymore

Click here to go to the end of this post Update: Super Bonus Content!

Do you want to be able to go to specific lines in your post? I think you do, maybe it's for a mission report, or a challenge scoreboard, or maybe to pertinent parts in a large Sci Labs argume... er I mean discussion.

Well now you can do exactly that instead of spamming posts below the OP with the new and shiny Goto and Line tags

Here's how it looks, you'll need a Goto tag:

 

[noparse][Goto=10]Click here to go to the end of this post [/Goto][/noparse]

And a Line tag to go to, like this:

 

[noparse][Line=10]Welcome to the end of the post, enjoy![/line][/noparse]

You can have as many Goto's as you need as long as each one matches up to a Line, letting you organise your OP's or even posts within a thread for easier reading.

A line can be anything you want, from Basic style line numbers to keywords to entire paragraphs, you can even put a Line inside a Goto and vice versa.

Known bugs/features, a Goto will go to the first matching Line in a page, potentially causing mayhem just like the real Goto command.

Welcome to the end of the post, enjoy!

Big thanks to Vexx32, KasperVld and TechnicalFool for helping me with this.

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And for a bonus, why not try the Post tag? These will let you link to any post on the forums without opening another browser tab or window.

This:

[noparse]Link[/noparse]

makes this:

Link

Thanks to Red Iron Crown for this one.

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[Cydonian Monk]

Hmm. Doesn't work for me on Safari mobile (iPhone), but I can think of several ways to use this already. Thanks!

[Starwhip]

Oooh, pretty.

Must use for all the tutorials!

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

[programmer] But goto is an unsafe command and is a security hazard! [/programmer]

Seriously, though, this is a great feature

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

This is BS. Everybody knows that a GOTO statement should link to a line number. So you number your lines... and then start adding minor numbers in between to make space for new lines... Then when you run out of digits you start adding "subnumbers"... Then you ditch everything out of frustration and go play with Pascal.

Oh my beloved Oruga 1.0, what might have you become if it wasn't because of QBASIC 1.1 (and my ignorance about sub-routines).

[/old_f$%&t_rant]

EDIT: darn, you make want to search for my QuickBasic 7 and code away some stuff.

[Superfluous J]

10 Sweet!

20 goto 10

Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Swe

et!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!S

weet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Swee

t!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!Sw

[peachoftree]

I felt a great disturbance in the Code, as if millions of modders suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

[Jovus]

This is great, but don't you think it would be better to implement a [POINTER] tag that allows you to jump to a specific portion of the post, then forces the reader to return to the original position once he has read the indicated line(s)?

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

How about a [function] tag. Lets people say the same thing just by calling it

[pxi]

[programmer] But goto is an unsafe command and is a security hazard! [/programmer]

Seriously, though, this is a great feature

Even before I opened the thread, I knew someone was going to say this.

[CaptainKipard]

Having requested this a little while ago, I'm naturally happy about this. Thanks.

[vexx32]

We had an absurd amount of trouble getting the links to work properly, but we got there in the end.

[sal_vager]

This is great, but don't you think it would be better to implement a [POINTER] tag that allows you to jump to a specific portion of the post, then forces the reader to return to the original position once he has read the indicated line(s)?

Just use another Goto

Now if only we could make an "If" statement in BB code...

[vexx32]

You can. You could construct some Javascript 'if' statements with the conditions implemented as BBCode. However, it'd be somewhat tricky, and almost certainly expose some potential security flaws.

[Norpo]

if (stupidpost == True)
    deletePost(explosions=True)
else:
    pass

Python pseudocode, of course.

Now, the only reason this would be hard to implement on the forums is defining "stupidPost"... The explosions would be the easy part.

[Superfluous J]

if (stupidpost == True)
    deletePost(explosions=True)
else:
    pass

Python pseudocode, of course.

Now, the only reason this would be hard to implement on the forums is defining "stupidPost"... The explosions would be the easy part.

This should be a pretty accurate first-order approximation:

function stupidpost(null){

return true

}

(My pseudocode knows no language)

[vexx32]

That's closest to JavaScript, I should think.

Me, I think that algorithm can use some improvement (bring some C# in here, you plebs!):

public bool stupidPost(Post target, User author) {
    if (target.content.Length % 2 == 0)
        return true;
    else {
        Random rnd = new Random();
        int random = rnd.Next();
        bool stupid = (random % 2 == 0);
        switch (author.accountType) {
            case AccountTypes.curiousGeorge:
                return true;
                break;
            case AccountTypes.standard:
                if (stupid)
                    return true;
                else
                    return false;
                break;
            default:
                return false;
                break;
        }
    }
}

Edited January 20, 2015 by vexx32

[Superfluous J]

public bool stupidPost(Post target, User author) {
    if (target.content.Length % 2 == 0)
        return true;
    else {
        Random rnd = new Random();
        int random = rnd.Next();
        bool stupid = (random % 2 == 0);
        switch (author.accountType) {
            case AccountTypes.curiousGeorge:
                return true;
                break;
            case AccountTypes.standard:
                if (stupid)
                    return true;
                else
                    return false;
                break;
            default:
                return false;
                break;
        }
    }
}

Rename some of those variables and I think you've figured out how they set Kerbal professions.

[vexx32]

Heh, nah, they're done on a hash of Kerbal names, IIRC.

[Moon Goddess]

Ahhh reminds me of my early code in QBasic

I was soooooo bad,

I literally had code that was numbered things like

10

13

15

16

17

20

30

40

45

50

Easier to squeeze stuff in than renumber it all.

[blizzy78]

Does this work only with line numbers, or with labels, too? Y'know, it's not like it's 1985 anymore.

[sal_vager]

It works with anything you define as a line, even a whole line of text

[Superfluous J]

Does this work only with line numbers, or with labels, too? Y'know, it's not like it's 1985 anymore.

Why not test it?

[noparse][goto=test]Goto the test![/goto]

1 Not it
2 Not it
3 Not it
4 Not it
5 [line=test]The test[/line]
6 Not it
7 Not it
8 Not it
9 Not it[/noparse]

Goto the test!

1 Not it

2 Not it

3 Not it

4 Not it

5 The test

6 Not it

7 Not it

8 Not it

9 Not it

Looks like it works to me