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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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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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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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answer
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Why does the following Markdown (blockquote, code block, #) render the way it does?
Why does the following Markdown:
> ```
# test
render as it does?
<h1>test</h1>
Yes, you see that right: the # is converted even though it's inside a code block. Furthermore, it's ...
GlorfindelMod
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1
answer
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Code sample could not be shown on the page
The code samples could not be showed in the page and the markdown editor is also not working well in my browser.
I'm using Chromium (Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) Built on Ubuntu, running on ...
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URL with multiple ending parentheses produces broken links in markdown preview
I tried to create a link to https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/Filesystem.html?q=rktl#(idx._(gentag._305._(lib._scribblings%2Freference%2Freference..scrbl))) using Markdown in this way:
[example]...
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1
answer
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How to get uniform markdown output for questions to be posted both on SE and Reddit?
I thought it would be as simple as starting on one and then copy and pasting to the latter; between SE <> Reddit, whichever was first.
But I've found that it does not always turn out the same.
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1
answer
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markdown spanning comma seems ineffective
When I tried to bold-face words spanning comma for English grammar questions that whether or not comma should be used, e.g. "unified**, will** induce the risks of strangling the usage of ...", that ...
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Community Promotion Ads - 2018 example markdown is wrong?
Looking at Community Promotion Ads - 2018 it states:
[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]
[1]: http://image-url
[2]: http://clickthrough-url
This is actually incorrect. The format should be:
[!...
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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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0
answers
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Have I found a bug in the way that SE parses comments for bold markdown? [duplicate]
In this comment I was trying to do "intra-word emphasis". It took me 3 tries and what I finally had to do is suboptimal. SE can choose whatever parsing rules they want. I won't debate my desire to ...
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Can't put backslash into backticks in chat [duplicate]
I have recently found in chat that you cannot put backslashes in backticks without them showing and it disappearing:
Why is this so? If you put another letter in with it though it works as would be ...
user280862
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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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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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1
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Putting an image twice in a post affects the first one
This is an image at large size:
It doesn't look large, but I can assure you it is, because it's under this URL: https://i.sstatic.net/0Vajul.jpg
This is the same image again, but an added 's' before ...
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1
answer
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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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1
answer
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Is this intended (* in chats)
It is stated in the stackoverflow FAQ: https://chat.stackoverflow.com/faq#formatting
*italic* or _italic_
**bold** or __bold__
so when I type three * followed by a word followed by another three * I ...
user202362
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I'm getting "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code" when there isn't any code in the post
I'm trying to submit the following question:
I have an application hosted on Azure and accessed through a web page. Authentication to the application is handled by signing in through Facebook. The ...
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1
answer
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Angle brackets in image alt texts should be auto-encoded
For example if I try to link like this:
![image][1]
It looks like this:
But if I try this:
![image>you][3]
It ends up jumbled:
Ha!
It seems as I have broken the html.
This should be fixed if ...
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Can the </pre> tag start in a new line (possible previewer bug)?
How is the exact syntax of the <pre> tag? Can I put the closing </pre> tag on a new line? If I do, then the preview is completely messed up, but the final result is as expected. (I know ...
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Recent change in treatment of backticks in comments?
Until very recently, typing ``` in a comment gave `. Now it gives ```, and I have to type `\`` to get `. Can someone explain what exactly was changed recently in comment markdown treatment?
EDIT1: ...
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Error when trying to bold text immediately after opening parenthesis
I posted an answer on SO where the formatting wasn't able to pick up the asterisks used for bold (**).
Note the following attempt to use bold right after an opening parenthesis (and not working here, ...
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1
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Markdown bug in preview pane (incorrect italicization) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Markdown italics with underscores look good in preview but not in answer
I just ran into an interesting markdown bug with previews that I thought I'd throw out there in case ...
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