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How to display a folder structure in Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
What is the best way to show a folder structure using Stack Overflow formatting?
Here's how I have written it now, I wish I could do it better:
>_rels
>customXML
>docProps
>word //this ...
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Code snippet formatting don't work after bulleted list formatted line [duplicate]
I have problem when answering or asking questions on StackOverflow
Suppose I have two possible code snippets and I want to ask which is better.
Here is code 1:
@Override
protected void onCreate(...
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What sites have the code formatting filter enabled?
I know that the code formatting filter ("your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code") is enabled on Stack Overflow.
However, are there any other sites where this filter ...
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How can I display mathematical formulas on sites that don't support MathJax/LaTeX?
I want to ask a question on Web Applications about the usage of mathematical formulas with WolframAlpha.
Certain Stack Exchange sites include support for MathJax/LaTex formatting, which allows for ...
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Greek letters in formulas?
I just encountered a question which had a formula in LaTeX syntax, like so:
$$\frac{d\phi}{dt} = F(x, v)\ \ ,\ \ x = A\cos(\omega t + \phi) \ \ ,\ \ v = -A\omega\sin(\omega t + \phi)$$
LaTeX ...
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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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Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code [duplicate]
Whats wrong with the following markdown? I keep getting "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code" when trying to answer a question. And why couldn't markdown at least ...
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Why do I have to hack to get a bold letter in a word? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Markdown handles inline bold text (within a word) incorrectly
See here:
If I want to write Hello but only bold the H I can try:
Hello
Well that is weird....
What I typed ...
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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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Bold or italics in Markdown inline code [duplicate]
I would like to add bold (or italic) text to inline code (not a block of code). So in one **two** three, I would like "two" to be bold rather than surrounded by asterisks.
Note: This is a similar ...
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Including number (#) symbol on a quote
I am having trouble when trying to display the # symbol on the start of a quote1, as if I do it appears as a header instead, like:
> #this
this
The only way I could think to partially get it ...
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Double return within <sub> breaks markdown
On Cognitive Science we expect answers to include a full list of references on which the answer was based at the bottom of the question. There are a few ways in which to format this list and we haven'...
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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 do I bold some, but not all graphemes, of an italicized word?
How can I bold only m' in Je m’ évanouis, without the space between m' and évanouis?
*Je **m’**évanouis* fails:
*Je **m’**évanouis*
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Denoting buttons in Stack Exchange posts
Is there a way, similar to denoting keyboard shortcuts, to denote buttons on SE posts? I thought it would make things much more readable.
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What is the easiest way to post code in Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
Most of the times in order to give an answer or ask a question, I write code. But, writing code directly to the answer's textbox is quite tedious. I have to type too much spaces in order to get the ...
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Chat removes ´ when trying to type code to someone
I am not sure if this should be a bug report or a feature request.
I am trying to help someone and I keep trying to type
`name` `=` 'Group project drive'
but the ´ are being removed making it hard ...
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Is the complete SO rendering JS available uncompressed?
I have a blog which I've started working on for the first time in a while, and I can't help but notice how often I want to use the SO markup. I don't just mean prettify, I mean using `, __, and * as ...
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Problem with numbered lists [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Code block is not properly formatted when placed immediately after a list item
In my answer here, I wrote up a solution with step-by-step instructions. However, my numbered ...
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What does `$` mean in Markdown (on Economics Stack Exchange)? [duplicate]
I was using $ characters to mean, well, "dollars" in a question on Economics SE and it caused the rendered text to go all screwy. I briefly reviewed the help text but could not zero in on the meaning ...
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Markdown when inserting images strange [duplicate]
I have inserted three images in my superuser question - see revision 2.
The links were all inserted as [![enter image description here][1]][1]. It seems to work fine, but I would expect simpler ...
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How do I format multiple subsequent code blocks?
I would like to display two separate blocks of code with nothing but whitespace in between. It seems that if you separate blocks with multiple line breaks, the Stack code formatter will consolidate ...
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How does Stack Overflow handle this case? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What HTML tags are allowed on Stack Overflow, Server Fault, and Super User?
I'm inserting the following script into my post, which is removed when shown. How did this happen?
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Italic text next to normal text with no spaces in between [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
WMD unable to render markup inside words
Is it possible to have an italic character next to some non-italic text so that there's no spaces in between?
For example, I want an ...
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How to turn off syntax highlighting in indented portion of block quote
I've edited this answer, adding text that I copied from a FAQ and then block quoted:
> 3.1) How do I find the creation time of a file?
>
> You can't - it isn't stored anywhere. ...
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How do you indent code in the post editor? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I format my code blocks?
When writing code in SO, I always press Tab to indent my code. It doesn't work. Instead, I lose focus on the question text area.
To actually ...
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Is it possible to make tables without markdown? [duplicate]
I wanted to edit this question replace the bulleted list with a table. The answers to other questions clearly indicate that this isn't supported by markdown. I tried to make an HTML table, but I ...
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Is this bug or any special method to write a post using special character? [closed]
When I try to use underscore in my post, sometimes the preview displays my text in italics with no underscore. That confused me, and I have placed two underscores. Now the preview does not show the ...
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List line break/spacing format issue
In the following list, what is the proper way to insert a line break before the final element where indicated (courtesy mspaint)?
screenshot http://i.snag.gy/D7EsT.jpg
I expected the above to have ...
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<!-- language: css --> markdown doesn't work properly
Based on https://stackoverflow.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting I shouldn't need to give the lang- prefix when specifying a language for a tag, however this doesn't appear to be the case for CSS.
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Support for obscure protocols in markdown link syntax? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Links with URIs of schemes other than http/https are broken
On revision 5 of How to read Firefox "about:memory" correctly? I tried to set markdown links to about:memory (a ...
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What are we Doing with Markdown Bugs / Inconsistencies
What are we doing with Markdown bugs / inconsistencies?
Should they be
Each posted as a new question
All added to Preview should match the posted view or a different question
Forgotten about 'cause ...
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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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Question gets error: Please indent all code by 4 spaces
My code is not in a list. I added an enter line before my code and indented by 4 spaces using ctrl + K, so why am I still getting this error: "Please indent all code by 4 spaces"?
My code registers ...
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How to create a collapsable field in a post
I'm trying to hide or show a section in a question I posted on Stack Overflow, similarly to how you can expand a section in the advanced help section (see image).
I've tried to figure this out on my ...
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How do I post Markdown code in a Stack Overflow question? [duplicate]
I have a question about some Markdown code not displaying as expected that I would like to ask on Stack Overflow. If I add the code (which includes triple-back-ticks), it is obviously rendered as an ...
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How can I see the source code on a suggested edit review page? [duplicate]
How can I see the source code on a suggested edit review page?
I want a similar thing as in this link for this suggested edit.
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What's the best way to quote Wikipedia in SE?
Ideally I'd like to have SE recreate the formatting in Wikipedia, with footnotes and all. Any way of doing this, either by copying the source markdown, or — even better! — the RTF directly from the ...
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Nested indenting issue
How to get correct indentation after entering a nested list?
I am writing a code review and I could not figure this out by googling. Here is an example of the three formatting styles I tried to use (...
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Why is my spoiler formatting not working?
Why is my spoiler formatting not working?
https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/271521/310756
I've fiddled around with it and I cannot get my comments to be hidden.
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Escaping error in code highlight?
I've just wrote C:\ in a comment and it wouldn't work. I had to write C:\ (with a trailing space).
Am I too drunk, or is it a real bug?
Here on the question it seems to be working.
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Cannot edit question? Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code
I was trying to edit this Experiences on free and low-cost hosting for play framework applications?
I wanted to fix the formatting, so that it looks like this:
(Actually it would contain more links, ...
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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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Why is Stack Overflow not displaying Markdown options in the answer section? [closed]
I am not able to see the Stack Overflow Markdown options in the answer section, which contains options like B I, attachment options, but the same is visible on Stack Exchange.
Is there a reason for ...
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Is the baked HTML of past revisions saved anywhere?
Is the baked HTML of the old revisions of a post available anywhere?
I am aware that you can get the markdown of old revisions of a post by looking at the "source" links on /posts/###/revisions (and ...
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Syntax with iPad [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to enter back tick (backtick) on SO when using iPad or iPhone?
Might be a duplicate, but I haven't found a question covering this very issue: When using SO on iPad (...
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What is up with lighter/washed out text? [duplicate]
Occasionally I'll open a question and find some of the text has been set to a lighter color than normal
i.e.
LIGHT:
instead of DARK:
I can't find anywhere that explains what this means.
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