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CSS numbered code listings

10th July 2002

I’ve been experimenting with using CSS and <ol> tags to format code listings, complete with line numbering. Here’s what I’ve got so far: Numbered Code Listing Experiment.

Posted 10th July 2002 at 3:52 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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