I really dislike how the [pre][/pre] tags expand the forums instead of scrolling horizontally... If possible, I think it would be a lot more user-friendly to scroll (some things benefit from being on a single line)... At the very least, it would be nice if the post grew to the right only so the left side maintained it's space instead of collapsing on the avatar, which just makes it difficult to read.

Also, it would be nice if other BBCode worked inside of the [pre][/pre] tags. For example, [b][/b], [i][i], and [u][/u] tags. Out of curiosity, why are these limitations on the forums and can they change?

Exactly, it's preformatted, so it needs to be formatted.

I can't think of many reasons at all why I would need b/u/i within a pre.

Well, I can do it.

Just use tt instead of pre.

Based on conversations I've had with Matthew years ago, the block-level elements are fundamentally different than the inline elements, in that the block-level elements force the parser into a new mode.

Ah, so the real root of our problem is that Matthew's parser doesn't handle whitespace properly Also he collapses non-breaking spaces to spaces. Tsk, tsk.

I guess put the em tags outside the link?

But what if I wanted ^{to use}_{Kibiz0r's formatting?} is the right answer