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[Arta]

The proper way to do that is to insert text with RTF parsing off (look up the EM_STREAMIN message).

And who here besides you uses "the proper way" to do anything?  We all half-assishly create most of our code.  Silly Skywing.

But yes, that's the way you should do it if you want good code, otherwise you can just be lazy like 90% of the other programmers and simply flip the backslash.

Writing half-assed crap when a good solution is available is a rather telling mark of inexperience.

[Minux]

Not really, it's just the same as for example:

A good programmer uses CSB to save effort
vs
A not-so-good programmer uses CSB to save learning.

[MyndFyre]

Not really, it's just the same as for example:

A good programmer uses CSB to save effort
vs
A not-so-good programmer uses CSB to save learning.

Your example is correct, but you're applying it incorrectly.  A good programmer who uses CSB to save effort will still use proper coding practices, such as the utilization of Skywing's EM_STREAMIN example.  I use good coding practices in most of my work (unless I let myself get sloppy), and I pride myself on being consistent and generating clean code.  Therefore, using CSB in a bot application wouldn't make me a bad programmer.  Code reuse has been around since before the dawn of personal computing, and it will continue to be an important practice in the years to come.

But, doing something a certain way because 90% of the rest of the people do it that way is assinine.