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Do I have to worry about patent issues for code posted on Stack Overflow?
I purposely named this question similar to Do I have to worry about copyright issues for code posted on Stack Overflow?. Since Fedora is banning CC-0 licensed source code citing issue of explicitly ...
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How should I represent/display pseudo code in Stack Exchange?
This semester I'm attending a course on Algorithms and Data Structures. I will probably have a few questions to post to Computer Science or Mathematics. The slides of my teacher use math symbols such ...
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When someone adds a "language identifier" to a code block does the specified syntax highlighting show in the "suggested edits" "queue"?
When I edit someone's code block with a language identifier:
Example:
from:
```
def py
```
to:
```python
def py
```
Is that change reflected in the Suggested edits queue in the Inline or side-by-...
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Please allow to edit questions that are mostly code [duplicate]
There are some low-quality questions that consist mostly of wrongly formatted code. When trying to format it correctly (i.e., code actually becomes code), you get a notification that "your" ...
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Prefer code fences or indenting? [duplicate]
Personally, code fences are cleaner (less whitespace) and are parsed more quickly due to the ability to hint at the language via cpp,lang-none,js, etc.
Other than requiring indenting to use code in ...
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Why does copying a code block line contain a trailing newline?
Using macOS and Chrome, triple clicking a line to select and copy in a code block results in a trailing newline. When pasting a command into a shell, this results in the cursor being placed on a line ...
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Goodbye, Prettify. Hello highlight.js! Swapping out our Syntax Highlighter
Update 2020-09-24
This is now live network-wide.
Update
This is now live on Meta Stack Exchange and Meta Stack Overflow. Any bugs and feedback can be posted here as an answer.
I’m Ben and I’m a dev ...
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Should Ctrl+K in the editor use the code fences instead of indentation?
Now that the Stack Exchange network has switched to CommonMark, some features appear to be deprecated. In particular, comment-style language hints may eventually stop working. So instead of using 4-...
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How can I explicitly show the return value of a code snippet/sample
Is there an commonly accepted way (best practice if you wish) to show the return value of example code in markdown?
One solution is to add a comment at the end of the function, but I am concerned ...
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Editing code with security issues or performance issues
I often edit code on stackoverflow when I see a security issue or a big performance issue that can be changed without altering the meaning of the answer, so in all fairness I would call it an useful ...
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Inserting code method should be changed
I realize this suggestion would affect only the Stack Exchange sites that use code as part of their questions. However, since my suggestion would involve a re-code, if it's accepted, I thought it best ...
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Another user updated the code snippet on my answer & it's incorrect/introduced an error. What's my course of action?
Another user updated the code snippet on my answer & it's incorrect/introduced an error. What's my course of action?
I can't seem to send them a message, so do I have to manually fix their edit? ...
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What happened to code fences and Stack Snippets?
I just noticed that something weird happened today with code fences and Stack Snippets.
Examples:
<h1>Hello World!<h1>
Hello World!
Seems like the boxes are bigger. What is ...
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