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How can I ensure line breaks inside block quotes are rendered as entered in the markup?
At least in the editor preview, this doesn't render linebreaks:
> foo
> bar
> baz
foo
bar
baz
Screenshot:
Is this a problem of my browser? Or something else? On StackEdit it works as ...
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Workaround for bug causing \ before dollar signs to be rendered as \\\ on MathJax enabled sites?
As the title says, a single \ in a code block is being rendered as \\\ if preceding a $. This seems to be the same bug reported here, but since it hasn't been fixed, I am asking for a workaround. ...
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HTML tables are unusable [duplicate]
I want to modify https://stackoverflow.com/revisions/56857772/2#:~:text=http%3A%2F%2F%20www.%20example,user%20%40%20example.com
Source
The following **bold** parts of URLs *may* be case-sensitive, ...
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Bold text conversion doesn't work across paragraph break
When there is a paragraph break between two bold codes (double asterisk), the asterisks are displayed and nothing is bolded. Is it a bug, or intentional?
Possibly related; not duplicate: Markdown ...
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Produce a continuous bar on the left side of a blockquote of several paragraphs [duplicate]
I have an issue producing a continuous bar on the left side of a quotation if there are several paragraphs. If I push them together the bar becomes continuously, but the whole text isn't separated in ...
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More fun with "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code."
I have tried to post the following to Stack Overflow:
I have a very simple HTML form embedded in an email I send to people who have subscribed to my blog so they can confirm their email addresses. ...
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How to escape spoiler in blockquote that starts with exclamation point
How can I "escape" the spoiler syntax when putting some text in a blockquote that starts with an exclamation point?
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/170880/267540
Here is the text that ...
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Code highlighting and image placement breaks despite correct syntax
Signal Processing answer, normal vs preview:
It's only toward the bottom of the post, yet it doesn't happen toward bottom of a much longer post. I confirmed it's also reproduced only with the ...
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Comment markdown formatting doesn't render correctly when immediately followed by a forward slash
Consider either of the following Markdown formatting examples:
a**b**/c
a*b*/c
They will (as expected) render as ab/c and ab/c, respectively, in posts. However, in comments, it does not work for some ...
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What tool is there for creating Stack Exchange markup language tables which do not involve typing the tables one key-stroke at a time?
The Stack Exchange (SE) network has many different websites to support the learning of natural languages.
Links to some of these SE sites are provided below:
German / Deutsch |
Spanish / Espanol
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Long, formatted spoilers: word wrap? [duplicate]
So we have ye olde spoiler:
Ah. But you want a fancy spoiler. We can do that too, by using pre html tags.
But suppose you want a spoiler that is both fancy and somewhat lengthy. Is there a way to ...
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Why aren't two subscripts in same line allowed in MathJax?
I'm trying to write the following equation on math.SE:
(\mathcal L_r \eta)_{\mu_1...\mu_p}=(r+p)\eta_{\mu_1...\mu_n}
However, you will find that if you put this expression between dollar signs, it ...
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Can one use Markdown in the contact page?
I wonder whether using Markdown in the contact page (https://meta.stackexchange.com/contact) will be properly rendered to the readers.
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How can I change the Markdown of a post that was created using the "Ask Wizard"? It's formatted using 'heading' formatting
Take a look at this (badly asked) question: When I try to implement the project it fails and I get this error
I tried to change the Markdown of the question since the text is enlarged and in bold:
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Change font style Markdown
Is there a way to change the font family on Markdown? Specifically, for the code and regular text. I've seen this feature in Markdown editors and viewers, but I'm not sure if it can be exported.
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Is the language name case sensitive for syntax highlighting?
I often use the syntax-highlighting feature of Stack Exchange in order to make my code easier to read.
```lang-python
for k in range(0, 10):
print(k)
```
for k in range(0, 10):
print(k)
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Inline JavaScript Markdown renderer does not reflect server-side C# limitations: can not stylize URL links
If you link to an answer with just a link it'll get expanded in the inline preview (as such the below is just https://stackoverflow.com/q/28508017/124486 getting expanded to the title of the question),...
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How to apply special formatting within a question’s title, e.g. to highlight a keyword such as … 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙭?
Have a look at the formatting of the title of the question “What does the ASCII art on the 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙤𝙣 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙭 2 𝘼𝙈𝙄 MOTD mean?”, and notice that some of the words used in the title (such as 𝙇�...
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How can I find posts with particularly large code blocks in a non-code-based site?
From time to time in Space SE a question or answer about a calculation will need to share a significant amount of tabular data, say 100 or 1000 lines. It needs to be forever available to future ...
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What Replacement Strings are available for use in Community Specific Close Reasons?
I've been working on a project to update some of our Community Specific closure reasons on Stack Overflow.
In my research, I've been looking network wide at our various community's closure reasons. I'...
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Hyperlinks do not work if they are inside square brackets
I can imagine situations when somebody might include a bare URL in post. And the link might even be between [ and ] - if it is a part of some explanatory remark.
It seems that in such cases the link ...
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Using blockquote in chat doesn't work when it's part of a text block [duplicate]
In the chat, when using a blockquote markup after a line of text, the blockquote doesn't render.
For example, if I try:
text:
> quote
I get this:
What's the correct way to use it in this case?
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Is there a way to combine multiple columns in a table? [duplicate]
I would like to create a table that has some combined columns.
Something like this:
| title 1 | title 2 | title 3 |
|:-------:|:-------:|:-------:|
| info 1 & 2 | info 3 |
| info 4 | ...
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"Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code." I have no idea why
I can’t seem to understand what is wrong with the following Markdown content. I keep getting the
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as
code. Please indent all code by 4 ...
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Are nested spoiler tags possible in a post?
As we all know, there is the option to have a quote format within a quote format, like so:
Some text
Some other text
Is there a way to have a spoiler tag within a spoiler tag?
Currently, using the ...
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Chemistry equation \ce modifier works in a non chem SE site's posts, but not in search results. Should we consider it "working" and start using it?
In Space Exploration SE there are a lot of questions related to chemistry (mostly production and combustion of rocket propellants and air/water for people) and after six years there I just this moment ...
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Why has the parsing of the in tables changed?
I am used to using the HTML character to visually fill out the width and/or height of tables so they are used to their full potential:
So that instead of this:
I get this:
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Why are these 2 code tables rendered differently?
When rendered in dark mode, one table has golden borders, the other one has white+grey borders. Despite they are using the same markdown, only content is different.
Please explain why.
My question is ...
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How can I properly embed a code block into a Markdown table cell? Alternatively, how can I insert newlines into a code block without using `Enter`?
I have the following fenced code block:
```<br>a = 1<br>b = 2<br>```
I would like to replace the <br>s with some other character ?, so that it acts like a newline, so that the ...
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Is it possible to not embolden table headers? [duplicate]
When creating a table, all headers seem to be emboldened by default:
Header 1
Header 2
Sample
Sample
However, this isn't always desirable since tables can simply house data in a easy to read format,...
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Markdown not recognizing characters in URLs, redux: dollar sign
I have two links which I am trying to use in an answer:
[10–4–5 (for Terminal facilities)][3]
[6–4–4 (for Enroute facilities)][4]
and two URLs which those links should point to:
[3]: https://www.faa....
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Why did my bullets fail to display as intended in my bounty message even they display properly temporarily sandboxed in an answer post? [duplicate]
Editing bounty messages, is it finally time for a little "Love"? (anti-Doh! feature request) discusses the possibility of having perhaps five minutes to edit bounty messages because we can ...
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Markdown, nested list : how to incorporate a nested list between two lines of a same list element
This is something I never managed to do with markdown. I write a list. In one of the elements, I am writing a paragraph, and then I want to list things again. So I create a nested list. So far so good....
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Is there a way to make a table with many lines in a cell?
In this question, I want to make this table:
Is there a way to make a table having many lines in a cell?
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I need help and the site is not letting me post my code. Says “Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code.”
I am trying to learn React and there's a concept that I'm feeling pretty stuck on. I was hoping someone could help me and I've been trying to put effort into making a question post detailing my ...
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Is there a way to prevent a word with a hyphen from being split when wrapped?
If I write a word that itself contains a hyphen, and it happens to be near the end of a line, then it will get split at the hyphen during word wrapping.
But sometimes this has undesirable (to me, ...
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Markdown to HTML online converters not converting spoiler tags properly [closed]
Context: When I write questions or answers on puzzling.stackexchange.com, I want to copy paste these questions and answers to my own site also. I believe that puzzling.stackexchange uses Markdown and ...
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Wrong in-line code formatting [duplicate]
I have a problem with in-line code formatting here: Problems with cookies and TortoiseSVN
I want to make two different in line code in single comment. What I'm doing wrong?
This is how it looks ...
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Where is the documentation for MarkdownSharp?
I want to use the same functionality on my website as Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange uses with the text editor (in which I am currently typing).
I have seen and downloaded MarkdownSharp, because ...
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How to disable syntax highlighting in Markdown fenced code blocks [duplicate]
For indented code blocks, adding <!-- language: lang-none --> disables syntax highlighting. What about for fenced code blocks? Can I use lang-none or none in fenced code blocks too?
Which of the ...
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How can I use the pipe (|) symbol in a table?
I must use the pipe (|) symbol in a table cell. How can I do that? Is there an escape character for it?
For example:
|Code |Comment |
|-----|----------|
|a | b|Comment 1 |
Table:
Code
Comment
a
b
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How can I automatically edit all my answers and questions so that no quotes are broken down?
The CommonMark migration messed up the formatting of many of my posts. Specifically, one common issue is that my quotes are now broken down, e.g.:
instead of
Screenshots taken from https://stats....
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Erroneous "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code"?
I just read Stack Overflow won't let me post code, I don't have proper "formatting"? because I get the same error message. However, all code etc is marked as code in my post, see the ...
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Numbered lists display fine after newline only if the first item starts with 1; otherwise, they need an extra newline in between
See this markdown:
hello
1. Point 1
2. Point 2
bye
2. Point 2
3. Point 3
Now see how it renders:
hello
Point 1
Point 2
bye
2. Point 2
3. Point 3
As you see, the numbered list items just display ...
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How can I list all my questions and answers whose CommonMark rendering doesn't match the cached rendering?
I understand that the CommonMark migration messes up the formatting of some answers and posts once they're edited.
How can I list all my questions and answers whose CommonMark rendering doesn't match ...
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Did the automated CommonMark migration mess up the formatting of this answer?
I suspect the automated CommonMark migration messed up the formatting of this answer.
Before the migration to CommonMark: https://web.archive.org/web/20200515072655/https://unix.stackexchange.com/...
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Why does my bigification inside a block quote show during preview but self-destruct when I accept changes?
When I block quote a bit of a post that contains a
Big Title
generated by
**Big Title**
--
It shows as big while am previewing the post during edit. But as soon as I click Save Changes the appearance ...
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Image not shown, image insertion markdown not interpreted
Tried to add an image to an answer of mine, but the image doesn't show in preview and it doesn't show after the question is saved either.
Instead of the image, the un-interpreted markdown for the ...
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How can I typeset a crossword puzzle using Stack Exchange markdown?
I'm wondering if it's possible to typeset crossword puzzles using Stack Exchange markdown. I'm after something like this:
Love-ins? A capital idea for a cryptic crossword
However, I want it to ...
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Markdown: Code directly after a list (and not as part of that list) [duplicate]
Sometimes, when I answer a question, I use a list to explain things and add some code after that, for example:
argument 1 is hoppa
argument 2 is klap
argument 3 is klap
command hoppa klap klap
The ...
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