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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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When should I use <kbd> vs [tag:tagname]?
I've seen that the <kbd> element is used in a lot of questions and is used to reference a tag. But I've also seen questions that use [tag:tagname] for the same purpose. They look a little bit ...
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How do you use strikethrough on Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
I am trying to use strikethrough on one of my other Stack Exchange questions. (Now updated with working strikethrough) I have tried the following:
~~Double tildes~~
~Single tildes~
[strike]Strike[/...
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Is there a better way than <br> to force a newline? [duplicate]
When I want to start a new line, I've always used <br>. I'm wondering if there's a better way, however, that only uses Markdown. I'm aware that if you insert two line breaks, leaving a blank ...
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How to type italics or bold inside code in a comment
How can you put italics or bold inside code in a comment?
For example, to produce normal italic in a comment I've tried
`normal _italic_`
`normal `_`italic`_
<code>normal _italic_</code>
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markdown to put a box around text in a comment
This comment displays with a box around some of the text.
Firefox and Safari both display it this way.
What is the markdown code to create such a box?
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Strike through a code part within a code block at Stack Overflow?
How can I strike through a code part (within code block) at Stack Overflow? Is that possible?
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How to mark something as a tag within a question body?
I recently noticed that some people have been marking tags with specific markup on meta sites, such as the following example:
Clarifying tags election, voting, and president
where, in: "Considering ...
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Code after bulleted lists
Related (but not the same issue): Markdown formatting bug with code blocks in lists
Duplicate: Why is a code block not properly formatted when placed immediately after a list item?
The ...
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What is wrong with code snippets/blocks on Stack Overflow?
I wasn't following Meta Stack Overflow too closely so maybe something was changed that I'm not aware of.
But each time I paste a snippet from a Python console I'm getting wrong formatting. What I'm ...
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How do I enter formulas on 'Mathematics' or 'Theoretical Computer Science'? [duplicate]
The help icon only leads to a general Markdown reference.
The way to enter formulas should be mentioned, preferably in a separate section and with a link to a Tex reference.
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Why does this post show ``` at the end of a code block?
Here is a post on Game Development Stack Exchange which uses the newish fenced code blocks, i.e. the ones starting and finishing with a triple backquote:
```
[insert code here]
```
As you can see, ...
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Weirdness with numbers in my post
Here is a screen shot from one of my recent posts.
You can see inside the edit box after the or I've entered a "2." but in the preview display, and in the actual display on the page it turnend my 2 ...
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How do I make a sub-heading?
I want to include sub-headings in an answer I am writing. I think I have done it before, and I thought it was just a matter of clicking the heading button again.
When I highlight my heading and click ...
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False positive? I get this error but cannot find any reason: "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code."
Editor's note since this is gathering close votes: the code formatting filter is not a Stack Overflow-only feature; it's active on four sites and a CM has stated that questions about it are on-topic ...
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How do I write a URL in a comment without making it a link?
I tried to add a comment that included this text:
https://username@password:www.mysite.com/mypath/
But it showed up like this:
username@password:www.mysite.com/mypath/
How can I prevent auto-...
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Ctrl + I to italicize does not always work right
If I type in "test", highlight it, and press Ctrl + I, I get this:
test
However, if I type in "test_test", highlight it, and press Ctrl + I, I get this:
test_test
My guess is that this is ...
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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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How to start list at certain number? [duplicate]
Is it possible to start lists at a certain number, or alternatively, continue a previous list?
I want something like this:
Pets
You could get a cat
Or you could get a dog
Or some less legal ...
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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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Help resizing posted images [duplicate]
I often add pictures to my questions. Most of the time they come out the right size. Well, that used to be OK always, up until I started posting screenshots taken by my mobile. For example, this one:
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Can I wholly replace a graphic with another one?
I have an image that I use over and over... I am savvy to how SE stores images on Imgur. So whenever I insert it, I find the URL of the image https://i.sstatic.net/Gh0yO.png, and tell "post image" ...
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Turning a line into italic doesn't always work - why?
I noticed while trying to consistently format e.g. error messages in posts that the "italicizing" in the markdown editor doesn't seem to work reliably...
Can someone explain why it does work on lines ...
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How can I write inline code ending in a backtick (`)?
How can I write inline code (e.g. in a comment) ending in a backtick, without adding an extra space at the end?
I know that backticks can be included if the code is surrounded by double backticks, ...
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Is there a MarkDown shortcut for the Help Center like there was [faq] for the FAQ?
In the limited markdown (for comments and chat, e.g.) we always had [faq] to link to the FAQ. Now that the FAQ has been changed to Help Center, do we have new syntax for this?
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Does inline code span require HTML escaping?
https://stackoverflow.com/help/formatting
Like code blocks, code spans will be displayed in a monospaced font. Markdown and HTML will not work within them. Note that, unlike code blocks, code spans ...
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Is there a way to put bold text after a punctuation sign in comments?
According to this announcement (is this the last announcement on the matter?), Markdown emphasis (bold or italics) inside a word is possible, as long as it does not happen directly next to a ...
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"-" at the end of post makes previous line render in bold font
Update: turns out it wasn't a bug (see the end of the post and the answer)
Original bug report:
Why does this edit comes out looking like this:
Notice that the code on the image is bold despite the ...
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Is it possible to view the markdown source of a deleted question that I answered?
Recently, a question and my answer to it has been deleted because the user asking the question had their account deleted and the post received a negative score. While the question had some flaws, I ...
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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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Textile-style for numbered and bullet lists?
I typed a numbered list which generated them in numerical order. Now I want to displace the second point. I must now edit the numbers from the second onwards; change 2 to 3 and 3 to 4 and so on.
1. ...
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Incomprehensible "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code" error
I just tried to post a question containing the following text:
I'm building a music app, which has an ongoing notification. I meet the text color problem of notifications:
1. On Galaxy S with ...
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How can I italicize text that contain underscores? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bolding words that include an underscore doesn't work
WMD unable to render markup inside words
I was writing an answer on StackExchange and found that when you use ...
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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 can't markdown used by Stack Exchange properly render a backward slash?
If I type it in between these parentheses -> () the backward slash inside the parentheses is removed. As you see it is not there. However if I surround it with spaces ( \ ), then it is rendered ...
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In-line Backtick Escapes Not Formatting Text as Code
I'm trying to insert backtick escapes to highlight (with a gray background) in-line text as ˋcodeˋ, but the text surrounded by the backticks appears as regular text (as in ˋthis textˋ). Not sure if I'...
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How do I include backtick ( ` ) characters inside of an inline code block on this site?
How do you write a backtick character inside of an inline code block?
Given the following SQL which requires backtick characters:
$sql="SELECT * FROM `my-table` LIMIT 1";
When I try to write it in ...
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Invisible unicode characters in my post cause it not to format correctly?
UPDATE: It's formatted correctly after posting the question. Here's a screenshot of what it looks like when creating the question: http://cl.ly/3u072T2K0F2P2A2n0d3Q. I'm on Chrome v19.
Here's a d-...
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Why meta-tag shorthand is only for meta sites?
While I was reading the Markdown Editing Help, I found these lines:
[tag:tagname] and [meta-tag:tagname] – link to the given tag's page.
Link text is the name of the tag. meta-tag only works on ...
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How to add a blank line in a blockquote? [duplicate]
I'd like to do know how to do the following:
Blockquote A
blank line that's not part of either block, visually distinguishing two different blockquotes
Blockquote B
Experiments
Without adding ...
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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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Fold a big chunk of text in a question
Is it possible to fold a big chunk of text in a question?
In my case I need to paste this HTML into this question.
I need this, because, the big chunk of text is relevant for the question, but is not ...
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Header with inline image does not work in SE's Markdown
I decided to rewrite the whole question in order to address some points made by James and HackerKarma in the comments. Sometimes I forget the way this site works. :)
I decided to come here and ask ...
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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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How do I format Perl's $` variable in Stackoverflow?
In Uninitialized Value $` in Perl, I want to format as code several Perl variables.
If I have one $`, there isn't a problem because the paragraph doesn't have another backtick.
If I double up the ...
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How to get consecutive numbers in an interrupted list?
How can i format my questions/answers so that i get consecutive numbers when a list is interrupted? All of my numbers start with 1 even if i set them manually to 1,2,3.
Have a look at my recent ...
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Why is conversion of hyphens to dashes in question titles inconsistent?
There have been questions before about the fact that SE sites automatically convert double-hyphens (e.g. --) in question titles into em-dashes (e.g. —):
Don't change double-hyphens in titles into ...
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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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Does <Shift> + <Enter> create lists automatically if the line starts with a dash or a bullet?
I just noticed that if you have some text and you add a dash in front of the first character, then when you hit Shift + Enter before any character in the text, then it gets rendered as a list.
This ...
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Have the words in this suggested edit really been changed?
In this suggested edit the "rendered output" tab shows two words changed: "Can" and "mysterious", but in the "markdown" tab shows the addition of only a <br> tag.
Click to enlarge
So ...
