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Markdown editor multiple lists in questions or answers
I have just tried to write an answer that involved writing a couple of ordered lists that reset to "1" for each list (lists of steps to carry out).
However, I couldn't help but notice that whenever I ...
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Is the dollar sign ($) used for markdown? If yes, then how can I safely insert it?
I want to write something basic like "10 $US" but sometimes it makes the text look weird. It changes the font and writes italic text. And sometimes it will insert a newline. For example in my answer ...
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Can custom close reasons make use of magic links like [edit]?
ELL is writing up a replacement for one of its close reasons and ran into the question of whether it's possible to put a link to each question's own edit page within the reason itself, so we can even ...
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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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How do I change (enlarge) the font size of a phrase in my answer?
How do I change (enlarge) the font size of a line in my answer? I read about formatting (markdown) in the Help area, but did not see this aspect covered there.
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Clickable email address
I've found that there are some cases where an email address or a phone number may need to be specified in an answer, however, it doesn't seem possible to make that email a clickable link.
Is this ...
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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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Is it possible to use superscript/subscript in comments? [duplicate]
EDIT: this question is not covered here as this does not refer to subscript or superscript
QUESTION:
How do I use subscript or superscript in comments?
<sup> and </sup> don't work.
I ...
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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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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 to write URLs that are not automatically linked? [duplicate]
When I write a bare HTTP URL on a SE site, it's automatically linked. For example:
http://example.com
shows as:
http://example.com
But when the URL is not real, I don't want to make it a link. But ...
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Escape characters in questions [duplicate]
I have ran some strange thing in magento stackexchange. I tried to add a link by somelink\...\anotherlink without code quotes and strangely first forward slash went missing like : somelink...\...
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How to add "Code sample" under "Numbered list"? [duplicate]
I want to add Code sample under Numbered List but unfortunately I am not able to do so.
Here is an example of what I want to achieve:
Using Numbered List -
This is my first point
I want to add my ...
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How to copy and preserve text formatting from a website, when pasting on SE?
How can formatting from websites be copied and pasted, or efficiently replicated? I must eschew pasting only text and then formatting myself from scratch. E.g. Etymonline and Wiktionary contain ...
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Images not displayed in my profile page
I'm trying to display these images and text in my profile page:
Thanks for supporting Firefox and the Mozilla mission to build a better Web for all!
<a href="https://affiliates.mozilla.org/...
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How can I embed a list inside a blockquote
I have an answer that I want to use a block quote to cite and outside reference. That reference is a bulleted list.
Pretty sure I have seen this before but I cannot find anyone using it.
How can I ...
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Does Markdown not recognize &ndashes in comments?
Is this a bug to the comments? What other HTML entities does it also not recognize?
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How to write text in small font [duplicate]
I remember seeing some questions and answers in which some text was written in small fonts, but, I haven't found a matching tag in the whitelisted HTML tags. How did they do this?
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tag: markdown sometimes links to Stack Overflow
Inspired by this question.
If I use sometag ([tag:sometag]) here, it goes to "sometag" on Meta Stack Exchange. Good.
But in this question, the same markdown links to Stack Overflow!
And to ...
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URL parsing with "?" does not work [duplicate]
An answer of mine includes an URL with a ?, which is not correctly parsed.
I think it should be.
Actually, I wanted to include the image that is autogenerated from the URL, to show a point of my ...
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Image in a quote in a bullet list
How do I correctly add an image in a quote in a bullet list in Markdown?
I tried this:
* Bla
> ![enter image description here][1]
But when the image is too wide, it doesn't scale properly:
As ...
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Strikethrough in chat uses obsolete HTML strike element
So... in chat, when we use the strike-through text like this with ---this---, it is wrapped in the strike tags which are now obsolete. This is extremely irritating! Why not use s or del? (I would ...
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nested formatting inside code block
I couldn't find an answer here in the Markdown Editing Help page.
What I am trying to do is this:
This is a block quote area where I would put code or a quote and I can bold text and add a cool ...
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Trouble using the Formatting
I can't make multiline blocks, for example a list comes out:
Num1
Num2
Num3
If I try these in a block:
Num1
Num2
Num3
Or with line in between...
n1
n2
n3
This is definitely not what I want, take ...
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Why does the Link Attribute fail?
I read https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/formatting, but the link at the end Present Perfect vs Present + Adjective still fails.
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how to provide content page (wiki style) for long answers in stackexchange?
Suppose I am answering a question which requires a long answer or the question contains several smaller question not sufficiently good enough to be asked separately then it will be good to give a ...
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Formatting in flags
Is it possible to use Markdown formatting in flag messages, in the box titled "other (needs ♦ moderator attention)". For example, if I attempt to use a [markdown link](https://stackoverflow.com/) or *...
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markdown editing in comments, 5 minutes only and paragraphs [duplicate]
If I answer as an 'answer' I get the good-looking UI to help me do all the things I want, BUT if I am in comments I am helpless. Would it take much resources to have the same same UI to keep sanity in ...
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How to blockquote separate paragraphs only once?
For want of efficiency, I prefer not to type > in front of each disjoint paragraph. So how would I blockquote B, C, D in the following? Thanks.
Update: Does user Fish Below the Ice's Answer only ...
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How to apply a HTML tag to the entire post and type it only once?
I read How do I use a small font size in questions and answers? and Allow the <small> tag, but I don't want to write <sup> </sup> for each paragraph. For example, I want everything ...
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When you enter a moderator tag in the body, it isn't formatted
In the tags bar, the moderator only tags have different formatting, as do the required tags:
But when you use the [tag:tagname] markdown, it doesn't format it at all on the per-site meta sites.
Ask ...
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Transferring equations from Word Equation Editor to StackExchange
How do I enter equations produced by Word Equation Editor into StackExchange and have them appear as Professional Format equations? When I try by copying from Word and pasting in StackExchange, they ...
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List formatting apparent bug
On this Sci-Fi answer, I have three numbered headers. But instead of appearing 1, 2, 3 (as I've written in the text), they appear 1, 2, 1.
After doing some testing, I found out the if I remove this ...
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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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Make first line of code empty in code block
If you write code you usually start by making 4 spaces which starts a code block.
This does not work when the first line is empty.
The line above this one should be empty and gray like the one below
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Markdown parser issue for C# verbatim string literal
The bug described in Formatting @ (string literal) sign is back (or was never gone?).
Seen here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23899574/879553 (first snippet)
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If you mess around with tag markup too much, the editing toolbar vanishes [duplicate]
I ran into this bug myself earlier today, the basic nature of which is that typing in certain tag markup causes the markdown preview to freeze.
I was testing this markup on Anime.SE to see what ...
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Using ``` to define code sections [duplicate]
My apologies if this is asked somewhere else, or if this isn't the right place to ask it.
One of the elements of Github flavored markdown that I really appreciate is the ability to use a triple ...
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How can I add the mathematical symbol for 'power' (like X ^ 2) to a question?
I'm asking a simple question on Stack Overflow. The question is somehow related to mathematics. Is there a way to show the mathematical symbol for power (X^Y) appropriately?
Edit: The following ...
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Why can't I add an example http url in an answer? [duplicate]
I tried to answer someone's question about a URL format with an example:
http://mysite.com/service.asmx?blah=something
I got an error saying I can't save an answer with http in it. How can I get ...
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Escape square brackets in comment links
This may be related to this question: Comment bug with URLs and square brackets, however it still appears to be an issue for me.
I wanted to leave a comment with a link, so I typed:
[Convert....
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Units in img width/height breaks image [duplicate]
In both the preview and rendered question, this does not work:
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/R7QBb.jpg" width="100px" height="100px">
..as the image doesn't appear (cleaned up by HTML ...
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How to format a block of code in mobile?
I want to post a question via my mobile device and have to include a block if code. How do I do this via a mobile device? Thank you.
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Why don't definition lists work on SE? [duplicate]
From Allowed HTML Tags, I find SE supports <dl><dd><dt>, so I copied an example from W3schools:
<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>...
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<text bugs SE body messages
Seems like using <text bugs the message in SO, here is one example:
This text here only ends at the dot by the end of it, however because of
So as you can see the above text should have ended at ...
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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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How to make those cool CTRL and ALT etc signs in SO? [duplicate]
I've been going thru the formatting help, but I cannot find how to make those cool CTRL and ALT and SHIFT signs, the ones like here
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Allow codeblocks in Lists [duplicate]
when trying to create a list and including a code-block in one of the points, either you can't properly format the codeblock as such, or you reset the numbered list counter.
imagine following ...
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