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Tagged with markdown code-formatting
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Code block usability issues in Stacks Editor
Some issues with the new Stacks Editor's code block usage:
Had to make it a GIF to upload here but the video is supposed to stop when I press the discard button and click the off-screen confirm box.
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Unable to make syntax highlighting working [duplicate]
Disclaimer: I'm more a reader than a contributor on Stackoverflow, so I may have missed something obvious for you all.
I've posted this question (about some typescript issue), and added the Typescript ...
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When user highlights more than 1 line of code and pressed 'code sample', make it a code block [duplicate]
When I enter multiple lines of code and then press 'code sample' or ctrl+k, the method of formatting is that it all automatically gets indented. However, I propose that any multi-line code should ...
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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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Cannot paste into SE code blocks when Editing, breaks text editor and Markdown preview
There seems to be something wrong with the text editor when editing code inside ``` code blocks. I've noticed this when editing questions.
Copy code from my IDE
Edit a question
Highlight all of the ...
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Post formatting is not accurate for numbered lists of code blocks. Is this a bug?
Compare the way this list looks in the post versus the screenshot of the preview:
text:
1.
{ label: `Baz ${x ? n1 : n2}`, kind: "B", } satisfies B,
1.
{ label: `Baz ${x ? n1 : n2}` ...
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Markdown errors in blog post about RAG
Editor note: While there's at least one other applicable tag, I'd like to leave it at four tags to allow for a status-* tag.
In this blog post, there's an unusual use of a code block to quote LLM ...
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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. The ...
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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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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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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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Code block within spoiler gives different result than shown
Background: I'm using the opt-in beta for the new editor.
When using the following markdown in the answer editor:
>! ```python
>! if True:
>! print "Hello World"
>! ```
It ...
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Code no longer displays, despite being selectable [closed]
Since today, suddenly code no longer displays for me:
The same happens for in-line code, also that in comments. However, I can select the code:
and copy-paste it to a text editor. Is this a new bug?
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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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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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