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Allow bold text in inline and block code formatting [duplicate]
I would like to suggest a feature change with text formatting.
There have been several instances where I would like to point out something in someone's code. It would be much easier to do if text ...
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Bold / Italics in codeblocks [duplicate]
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Bold code in a question
Allow highlighting certain bits of a code fragment or quote
Am I missing something? Can one not put either bold or italics inside codeblocks / ...
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Formatting the code block? [duplicate]
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Bold code in a question
Allow highlighting certain bits of a code fragment or quote
Is there a way to apply rich formatting to some parts of your code? Sometimes, I have to ...
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Some way to put emphasis on code, please [duplicate]
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Allow highlighting certain bits of a code fragment or quote
In dealing with a wall of code, it would be handy to be able to paint some of it red, or bold, or something. ...
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Code highlighting improvement suggestion [duplicate]
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Allow highlighting certain bits of a code fragment or quote
Sometimes I need to paste a large lump of code, as in context it is all relevant, but I would like people to ...
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Can I highlight code within an answer? (Not syntax highlighting.) [duplicate]
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Allow highlighting certain bits of a code fragment or quote
Sometimes when I respond to a question that contains a block of code, and my answer includes the same block with ...
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Add CharMap (or at least - arrows) to EDITOR [duplicate]
In many cases, we have to make a special attention to specific part of code, and Arrows are great way for that. Is it possible, that CharMap (or at least several SpecialSymbols were added into post ...
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Line highlighting within code blocks [duplicate]
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Allow highlighting certain bits of a code fragment or quote
Would it be possible to add a "Highlight" function to code blocks?
For example, with
function foo ($fbar = false)
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How to highlight specific lines of code snippet [duplicate]
Taking inspiration from programming books in which different (but similar) blocks of code use bold text to highlight differences between each other, generally new lines or new values, I would like to ...
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Bold code in a question
Frequently when I ask a question I have to include quite a bit of code for reference purposes.
It would be nice to be able to bold the important lines in the code.
For example this code:
<...
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¶ turns into ¶ within PRE
Within a <PRE> block, ¶ turns into a new paragraph symbol:
¶
I use <PRE> blocks for code when I want to bold, so a function that's written
void go( ObjectA ¶meter1, ...
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Pseudocode highlighting
Hi,
I love Stackoverflow ;) . However, when something not language specific is asked or when you want to answer with just a pseudo code I find code highlighting not very useful.
It would be great to ...
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underlining with `<u>` does not work in `<pre>` [duplicate]
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What HTML tags are allowed on Stack Exchange sites?
Within the <pre>-environment the tag <u> has no visible effect (Firefox 7.0.1 but also earlier like 3.6.17). I ...
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Highlighting and notating part of a line in a code block
There is a need to highlight, or more precisely bring attention to, part of a line of code, that the current markdown does not support.
First let's establish if that statement is true.
Here are just ...
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Different background color for intentionally bad or wrong code blocks
Sometimes code is included in an answer in order to show what not to do. For example:
String foo = null;
String.IsNullOrEmpty( foo.Trim())
...Throws an exception as foo is
Null.
The correct ...