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in thread Probable Bug in PM while creating a node ( preview )!

You can use <pre> tags when you want to show something that should stay aligned (like a ascii table or a program's output) but it is not actually code.

The difference is that things in <code> tags are downloadable, while things in <pre> tags aren't.