The newer constricted CODE boxes are my fault. I asked Hawkee to make them fixed-width, which made code text 1.5x as wide (avg). BUT I like Goochie's solution, so I wrote a script for it. You'll want to download AutoHotkey from www.autohotkey.com and run this...
; Hawkee Underscore, written in AutoHotkey.
:*:~hawk:: ; 28-Apr-2010 by Raccoon
VarSetCapacity(xstr,512,95)
xlen := 0
Loop, Parse, Clipboard, `n, `r
if (ylen := StrLen(A_LoopField)) > xlen
xlen := ylen
StringLeft, xstr, xstr, % xlen+2
clipsave := ClipboardAll
Clipboard := "
" Clipboard "r
n" xstr "
`r`n"
SendInput, ^v
Clipboard := clipsave
Return
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Save that to foobar.ahk and double-click.
When you want to paste a CODE section, type ~hawk instead.
It was inspired by a hack Goochie discovered -- creating a solid line of underscores in order to expand the width of a CODE block beyond the constraints of the comments boundary.
Example:
_..----.._
]_.--._____[
___|'--'__..|--._
__ """ ; :
()_ """"---...__.'""!": / ___ :
"""---...__\]..__] | / [ 0 ] :
"""!--./ / """ :
__ ...._____;""'.__________..--..:_
/ !"''''''!''''''''''|''''/' ' ' ' \"--..__ __..
/ /.--. | | .' \' ' '.""--.{'.
_...__ >=7 //.-.: | |.' \ ._.__ ' '""'.
.-' / """"----..../ "">==7-.....:______ | \| | "";.;-"> \
""""; __.." .--"/"""""----...."""""----.....H_______\_!....'----""""]
_..---|._ __..--"" _!.-=_. """"""""""""""" ;"""
/ .-";-.'--...___ ." .-""; ';""-""-...^..__...-v.^___, ,__v.__..--^"--""-v.^v,
; ; |'. """-/ ./; ; ;\P. ; ; """"____; ;.--""""// '""<,
; ; | 1 ; ; '.: .' ;< ___.-'._.'------""""""____'..'.--""";;' o ';
'. \__:/__ ; ;--""()_ ;' /___ .-" ____---""""""" __.._ __._ '>., ,/;
\ \ /"""<--...__; '_.-'/; ""; ;.'.' "-..' "-. /"/ `__. '. "---";
'. 'v ; ; ;; \ \ .' \ ; //// _.-" "-._ ; : ; .-'__ '. ; .^".'
'. '; '. .'/ '. `-.__.' /;;; .o__.---.__o. ; : ; '"";;""' ;v^" .^
'-. '-.___.'<__v.^,v'. '-.-' ;|: ' : ` ;v^v^'.'. .;'.__/_..-'
'-...__.___...---""'-. '-'.;\ 'WW\ .'_____..>."^"-"""""""" fsc
'--..__ '"._..' '"-;;"""
"""---'""""""
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