ok thanks for responding...
all i want is for there to be an option which replaces [pre] with <pre> so i know it can be done... ive always wondered why this stype board didn't come with it automatically
my current sig requires white space and i have to use [ code ] around it which makes it rather more tall than i would have liked... and prefixes iut with 'code'
now since it only bothers me that my sig is slightly larger than i wish, i realize this is not a life or death thing. but it would be a happy addition if in next round of fixup this got on your list or quick things to implement