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Too low baseline with italics in comments
I noticed that some of the italicized words in comments are too low, on at least one site. See I pronounce question as kweshtin. Is my pronunciation wrong? and also the following screenshot:
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Markdown for links in comments sometimes breaks with angle brackets and nested square brackets
The following markdown:
[[example].com](https://www.example.com) (<https://www.example.com/abc>)
Produces this in a post:
[example].com (https://www.example.com/abc)
But this in a comment:
[[...
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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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Links in comments delimited by less-than/greater-than signs occasionally include the delimiting greater-than sign
Over at Stack Overflow, I wrote a comment that renders like this:
and links to https://wg21.link/p2128>, which returns 404.
The way I wrote the link in the markup is <https://wg21.link/p2128>...
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Count length of comment only by the markdown formatted *result* length, not by its *raw input* length [duplicate]
When adding markdown formatted links, you have the chance to give a short and readable name to a link, using :
I have to change it to:
to be able to comment. Result:
If I try to save some space in ...
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Markdown rendering missing in comment flags under moderator
Code formatting isn't properly rendered within comment flags:
... and links (possibly other content) as well:
I doubt there would be any nefarious content that is hidden through markdown that one ...
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Include comment markdown formatting in "Share" link
I find I often want to link to other related questions in comments and frequently use the "Share" link below a question:
Invariably, I also want to share the title for a readable link, so ...
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Wrong in-line code formatting [duplicate]
I have a problem with in-line code formatting here: Problems with cookies and TortoiseSVN
I want to make two different in line code in single comment. What I'm doing wrong?
This is how it looks ...
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Not rendering ` *` in comments or titles [duplicate]
It renders correctly in posts ( *), but not above or below.
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Should bare URLs to SE posts show up as links in bounty messages, the same way that they do in comments?
From the answer to How does the bounty system work?
Can I use Markdown formatting in the bounty remarks? Can I edit the remark?
Bounty notices support the Markdown mini format used for comments, with ...
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Is there a way to put bold text after a punctuation sign in comments?
According to this announcement (is this the last announcement on the matter?), Markdown emphasis (bold or italics) inside a word is possible, as long as it does not happen directly next to a ...
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Scan posts for nonsensical HTML comments [duplicate]
Currently, SE accepts HTML comments (e.g. <!-- this is an HTML comment -->) as valid input for posts but they don't appear (since they are comments) this allows some users to get around the 30 ...
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Square brackets in hyperlinks is broken in comments
On all Stack Exchange websites, using square brackets in a hyperlink like in the following Markdown code is correctly translated into HTML in questions and answers, but not in comments:
[[class....
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Why is double space replaced by single space when enclosed in backticks in comments?
I was trying to put a small line of code in a comment, but I noticed that the multiple spaces in the comment enclosed in backticks(`) were replaced with single ones.
To make it clear, I wrote this as ...
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How to type italics or bold inside code in a comment
How can you put italics or bold inside code in a comment?
For example, to produce normal italic in a comment I've tried
`normal _italic_`
`normal `_`italic`_
<code>normal _italic_</code>
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