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short answer
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2Visit mine: meta.stackexchange.com/a/316847/366626 . The SE's shortest answer ever.– NoumanCommented Oct 20, 2018 at 16:11
Don't run this snippet. It contains a virus!
<marquee>Influenza</marquee>
In any case, my advice is to avoid marquees like the plague.
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1Do you know another thing you should really avoid like the Plague? The Plague. Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 13:19
If you can see there's a tag over there without hovering, then you gotta be careful!
This is a useful test for Puzzling Stack Exchange.
print('hello world')
print('hello world')
So <code>...</code>
is equivalent to just simply using
`...`
But like:
print('hello world')
Is different.
That spoiler formatting has been biting me. Time to see how it works.
First up:
markdown lists in a spoiler:
Formatting:
>! 1. one
2. two
Result:
! 1. one 2. two
Formatting:
>! 1. one
>! 2. two
Result:
1. one 2. two
HTML lists in spoiler:
Inline
Formatting:
>! <ul><li>one</li><li>two</li><li>three</li></ul>
Result:
- one
- two
- three
Not-inline HTML lists in spoiler 1:
Formatting:
>!<ul>
<li>one</li>
<li>two</li>
<li>three</li>
</ul>
Result:
!
- one
- two
- three
Non-inline lists in spoiler 2:
Formatting:
>!<ul>
>! <li>one</li>
>! <li>two</li>
>! <li>three</li>
>!</ul>
Result:
- one
- two
- three
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Happy new year!
It's 2019!
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this isn't a real language (language: thisdoesnotexist)
this isn't a real language (language: lang-thisdoesnotexist)
this isn't a real language (lang: thisdoesnotexist)
this isn't a real language (lang: lang-thisdoesnotexist)
When... did code fences start working / not looking terrible?
fn foo() {}
def foo
end
fn main() { a[] }
How to put a plain hashtag (#) in a post
When you type a # at the beginning of a line in a post and try to put text immediately after it in a post using markdown, it creates text in a header:
Text
If you want actually put a # in the post, you must use a backslash to escape it:
#Text
Here is the plain text for the heading text:
#Text
and for the text with an actual hashtag:
\#Text
Introducing HTML5 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41z0FVu9ZhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg and HTML5 For Web Designers
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Please don't actually edit this answer, it's needed in its current form for a bug report.– Glorfindel ModCommented Feb 26, 2019 at 13:12
Stack Exchange HTML Div ID Jumping
Clicking here should (ideally) send you to a <div>
at the bottom of this answer
the bottom
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1Stackexchange can use js to mangle/hash user-supplied div ids so they are globally unique Commented Sep 21, 2012 at 2:45
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1That's the creepiest pyramid I've ever seen.... Commented Sep 21, 2013 at 4:51
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T h i s b u t t o n i s g r o w i n g e x p o n e n t i a l l y . W h a t s h o u l d I d o ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Hmm.... looks like they fixed this "bug" at some point. /cc @Arjan Commented Dec 16, 2014 at 12:56
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@Peanut of course, as I said in previous comment they fixed the bug causing it. Commented Sep 3, 2016 at 21:36
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Utf+8 is really great.
Ûʧ÷ȣ ıŝ ŗèǟƖʅȳ ĝʀȇατ.
ȏͥȏ̂ͥpͪšͭ͂ ͆ĭͥͮ̏̔ͣ ͦ̈ͨ͗m͛̍̆eͬ̃̽͋ͪ͛̀sͬ͊ͪ͌̎̈s͋̀ed͐ i͒ͨ̄tͮ͂͂ͩͣ ̈́̔̆̃ủṗ̓͂ͬ
w͒̐̀̔̄ͣ̉h̰̙̖̹̖̬̳͙̣e̙̣̜nͤ́̋̐ ̝͍̯̼̳̼y̙̤̪̠̪oͩ̇̋̏̑̋ͨ̋̊͋̈́͋u̳̥̭̱̫ ̭̼̝̮͔͖c͔̮̣̤͕̣͖o͓͔̝̬̩̟ͅn̮̖̳̩͔̮̜v̤̮̬e͎̠ͅr̟͖̻͕̗̦̼t͇̫̭̪̹̪ ̦̱͍̼̫̠͎͉s̝̪͚̮̺͙̳̤t͈̘̙̲̟̲u̜̥͙̞̫̺͙ͅf̙̩̮̙̬̳̟f̹̪͍̳̹͓ ̮͇t̹̟̟̝͙̞̫o̰̰ͅ ̹͚̹o̬̦̤͕̠̣t̺̬͕͓͔̖̯̤ẖ͎͓̩e̺̘r͕̼̖̘̣ ͅs̟̪t̳̦u̮̟̖̯̥̝͈̫f̦̮̤f̺͙ ͖̺̙͕̮i̜̱̗̣t̺ ̥t̰͙̦̞̗̱͇̺̲u̜̺̯̯͖͈̱r̻̳̗̞̭̥̞̝̜n͔͚̫̘s͇͍̰͇ ͙͖ͅo͚̭̰̮̬u̠̯̰̤̞̠̲̙t̲̘̘̺̙͕ ̺͍̲̻͉͉w̫̥̲͉̗e̬i͎͓̹͈̹͇̦̰ȑͧͮ̑ͦ̂ͮ̎̎͗̌ͮ̾̚d̪̣̺̦͔͓̜̯ W͟͠a̵͜͟i̢̛͢͡͠t͘ ̶̛͜͠͠ẁ̸̨͢h͞a̢͠͝t͏̵̕'̨̛́͡s̵̶͟ ̢͜͝͝͠h̸͡a͜p̶̢͝͝p̶͏̵͝ę͡n͟͜i̛͢͡ńg̶̢͠
W̯̦̙͇̻̟̠̯̟̠͇̺̬̬̭͍̱̒̈́̿̌̄ͦ͆̀ͭ̐ͯ̌͋ͮ̆̽̍̃̎͝H̡̡͔͎͈̘͍̪̥̪̱̗͕̼̫͇̘͒͐ͭ̈́ͦ͢͞͝ͅY̵̷̡͎̣̜̫̰̘̪̝͈̝̙̠̙ͩ̎ͭ̎͆̔̏̾ͮ̋̅ͭ̓̿́͡ ̷̢̺͉̼̫̗̣͚̀̅̆̈́̉ͥ̎͛͞͞M̧̒̽̽̏̋ͬ̐͆͂̕҉̨̜̣̻̻͚̲̝͚̼ͅU̱̱̜̬̥̖̜͉̩͙̹ͪ̓͌͂͂ͭͧ̐ͣͯ͆ͯͭ́͟͟͡͠ͅS̈́̀̄͆̃͐̈́́ͩͨͦ̓ͩͩ͐̇͆͋̚̕҉̳͈͙͍̬̗ͅT̷͕͓̰̱̼̠͈̲̩̟͕̰͕̘͓̫̞̬̯̀ͩͦ̿ͥͧͪͫͩ͑͌̒͜ ̴͓̥̩̠͎͖͓̞̲̥̩̺̤̗̟͐͛̊ͪ́̃̒̃ͥ͊ͣͭͭ͘͢͠ͅT̶͚̜̩͉͕̥̞̠̳̿́̈́̌̈̇̐͐͛̕͘H͇̱͕̭̺̼͕̻̬̗̞̮͓̙͇̫̬̤͗̓̄ͩ̾̌ͧ̑̀͢͢͠ͅI̷̡̗̹̱͍̹̖̣̹̪̮͇̙̝͍̲͕ͥ̋ͥͬ̓͌̍ͫ͑͂ͪ̚͡ͅS͕̥̻̪̠̮͍̞͉̀ͧ̆̒ͧ̔̄̂̚͘̕͢͞ ̌͌̉̇̀ͥͬ͒̈̽ͩ̍ͯͧ̽͋ͧ͏͉̻͈͔̰̠͖̪̩͔̫͚̝͎̺͍͍̤ͅW̛͖̺͉̗̱̩̤̱͚̰͕̓̌͊̀̉͋͛ͨ̐̒̇͗̍̚̚͜O̧ͨ̎̑ͧ̓҉̨͚̰̳̯̭̻̳̖̕R̴̙̞̝̪̖̀̽̐ͮͤ͋ͤͣ̈́̃ͮ̒͠L̘̰͚̼͈̗͍̲͖͚͍͇͊̾̓̽̉̓̉͐̈̀͢D̓̊̑͌ͧͩ̌̿̂͌ͮ̅̇̉̒̅̈́͝҉̞̝̥͎̖̞̗͈̺̟͖̺͈͖̫̤͘ ̷̛̛͖̮̪̙̮̟̣̥͇͓͍̗̀ͯ̿͂ͤ̅̏ͪ̂̔͆̔̀͋T͑̎̌͐ͣ͊̊ͬ͐͊҉̫̣̼̩̺̬̗̫̝̰̗̫̪̼̣̬͎̳͘͟͠O̲̤̼̳͓̟̲̘̬̹̣̺͈͊̏̆̇́̈́́̆͐̊̔̐ͪ͟͠ͅȐ̶̝͕͇̭̿̾ͨͣ̔̑Tͦͧͧ̀̿̓̕͠͏̺̙̱̞͢U̹̖͔̖̻̺͙̮̙̝͎̟͚͉̍̇͆͛͆͐̈̕͞͠R̵̨͕̬̻̥̭̼͎̪͍̘͑̓͂͑̈ͣͫ̔͋͛̓̈̇̓͂̊̐͒́͜Ȩ̅̉ͭ̀͛ͥ́̚҉̸̼̗̬̦̼̭̝̼̣̙̗̦͇̩̱̙͜ͅͅ ̼̙̣̬͓͔̫̖͇̥̑̑ͭ̇̏̍ͧ̒̐̾ͧ̓ͤ͗̆̀̉͐͑̀͜͡͞M̆́͊̎̋̑̆̐ͦ́͆ͤ͆͘͏̘̥̤͎̰̙̣̗E̢̨̥̭̥̣̟͖̺͙̜̙̞̘͎̞̭̓̇̾ͫ͘̕͠ͅ
ooh, code overrides the xraziness
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1W̧̨̰̦̪͌̄͗͂͟͠T̸̡̤͚̪̹͍͔̣͔̤̮͉̣͐̆̊ͣ̈́̔̉̎̆͒ͨͮͣ̅̒͗̈́ͣF̸̬͍̜̺̼̬̪̣̟̙̬̻̗͇̼̤̺͎̽̒͒͐̌͜ͅW̷̹͍̥̦͇̹̖̜̙͚̯͇̟̘͕͔̩̽ͪ͑̀͂̋ͪ͐ͩ̒̾̎̒ͮͮ͑̃ͦ͛͢͟͝͠T̸ͣͭ͐̓̀̽̇̽ͬ̀̀͏҉̸͕̪͎͉͚̘͓̤̞̞͚̪F̶̨̬̝̥̙̻̼̲̹̭͋̑̈ͪ̓̾̀͋̊͑͌̂̔̈̀̏͌̋̚͟W̶̜͚̙͕̬̹̹̦̹͙̹͇̺͉̣̃̔̓͑̋̌̃ͪͤ͊̆̍͑̇̊ͭ̔̄̂̀̕͝ͅT̨̤͚͚̺̰̬̩̤̜̮̅̓ͤ͊̀̂̋̆̊̎ͬ̕͟F͛̄̅̎́̄̄ͪ͆̊͆̏̀̊̚̚͝͏̸̷̨̩̩̤̜̮͉͕͖͎W̸̡̪̖̼̳̫̘̱̔̈̿͛ͬͮ͊ͮ̊ͨ̆ͬͤ̀̚͡T̢̤̞̹̤͈̳̹̲͎̪̮͓ͫ̈̒͑̈̀͢͡F̨̛̝̩̼͈͚̠̙ͬ͑ͯ͐ͫ͌̽̋͐̉̓̉ͫ͛̇̀̚̚W͌̏ͣ̐ͪ̂̊͞҉̖̜͖̰̰̫̰̞̹̲̤̼͈̘̜̟̠͎͟͡T̫̠̭̹̘̰͙̞̗̮̬̪̾̈́ͤ̐̂ͨͫ̓̇͛̐͠F̆̓̀̆͋ͥ͂̐͑̎ͮ̉ͥ̚҉̵̨̠͙̮͖͈͙̤̖W̵ͥ̈́̌̆̆̑̒͌̈́́̆ͧ͆ͫ͐͏̴̸̣̰̼̭̦̥̲̼̼̥̮̦̠̹̹ͅŢ̴̱̪̼̦̬̟͖̰͈̻̦͍͂̽̿ͬ͋̇ͭ͐̍̐ͣ̽̉̿̈ͩͣ̎͢F̌̑̀̓̅͏̴̹͙̺̱̝̗͝W͔͙̭͍͔̰͙͔̤͒̈ͭ̎ͤ̎̈͛ͥ̔͊͋̎̏ͭ́͞Ţ̸̩̰̦̤̳̭̖̤͎͙̊͛͐ͭ͂ͮ̄̿̅̑ͥ̕͜F̴ͮ̿̊̇̄̈́͘҉̠̣͈͇͎̭͍̙̱̰̜͓̣̠̖̦̩– MD XFCommented Dec 15, 2016 at 20:54
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This is a test for editing via the API.
Test Images (from https://stackexchange.com/about/logos):
(freehand added by Freehand Circles Drawing Tool (Freehand Circles Drawing Tool) - install to add freehand drawings to any image on any SE site with ease! :)
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Lol, and why freehand? Nobody sees it in sandbox, needs another target :D– nicaelCommented Jun 20, 2015 at 18:34
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@nicael stackapps.com/questions/6353/freehand-circles-drawing-tool. BTW it only works on answers FOR NOW - I'll fix it in a bit!– ᔕᖺᘎᕊCommented Jun 20, 2015 at 18:35
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Great! Come here chat.meta.stackexchange.com/rooms/89/tavern-on-the-meta! That's fun.– nicaelCommented Jun 20, 2015 at 22:23
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Testing search for accented characters: Gâteaux, François, Gödel, Pólya, Čech.
alert("Hello World!");
body{
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;
cursor:pointer;
}
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<head>
<title>Hello World!</title>
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Am I the center of the universe?
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Does ```
formatting work to make a code block, like a four-space indent?
foo
bar
Apparently not.
(But see the code of this paragraph or the heading, for what consecutive `
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1The backticks are for inline code, whatever is between two of those is formatted as code, but without prettify. It
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@ShaWizDowArd Yes. I assumed it would not work to create a code block, but wanted to test the claim that it did--which is apparently true only for some other dialects of Markdown--just in case I had missed something big in that post. Commented Sep 28, 2017 at 9:35
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Why are your name here "Stephen Leppik" but actually "Car Insurance"? Commented Dec 11, 2017 at 16:26
How to Post Duplicate Answers
- Duplicate your post content in one post.
- Take an image capture of any "0 score" votes plus voting buttons for the duplicate answer.
- Create a mock-up of the share/edit/flag links, plus the "answered at" complete with GMT timestamp, "community-wiki", and link to show revisions.
share edit flag edited Jan 5 at 1:20 community wiki
5 revs, 2 users 97%
rgettman
4. (Optional) Create a comment mockup. – rgettman Dec 8 '17 at 0:56
add a comment
How to Post Duplicate Answers
- Duplicate your post content in one post.
- Take an image capture of any "0 score" votes plus voting buttons for the duplicate answer.
- Create a mock-up of the share/edit/flag links, plus the "answered at" complete with GMT timestamp, "community-wiki", and link to show revisions.
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Is striekthrourh spornted?
Thankfully, yes.
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1<s>but not in comments</s> ---this does not work either--- Commented Jan 13, 2018 at 17:21
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You have a reasonably small program. You can debug this one yourself, using these excellent suggestions: ericlippert.com/2014/03/05/how-to-debug-small-programs (warning: these are simple steps, but it still might not be easy going) Commented Jan 21, 2018 at 3:17
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You have a reasonably small program. You can debug this one yourself, using these excellent suggestions. (warning: these are simple steps, but it still might not be easy going) Commented Jan 21, 2018 at 3:18
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In case someone is wondering about Jon Arndt's comments above, see stackoverflow.com/posts/comments/83735960 Commented Jan 26, 2018 at 17:19
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While this strikethrough may answer the question, it is better to include the reasons for crossing out parts of the answer here and provide the strikethrough for reference. Strikethrough-only answers can become invalid if markdown support is removed. Commented Mar 9, 2018 at 3:17