Questions tagged [markdown]
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What is going on with this site's syntax highlighting?
Inconsistent syntax highlighting for reg and powershell code
(There is an intentional leading whitespace on code fence code for it to display correctly)
This was posted on Meta SE on 2024.06.26 after ...
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Can we allow both back-slashes and forward-slashes in Stack Exchange mark-down language tags?
I like that the super-user site supports a limited subset of HTMl tags.
One of the supported HTML tags is <kbd> tags for keyboard text.
Given that Stack Exchange mark-down language is not HTML, ...
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How can I use grave accents or backticks (`) in a question?
Is there any way to type two back-tick (or grave accent) characters (`) in my question without formatting my text in unwanted way?
I know I can enter a grave accent at one place, like this: Alt+`.
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Formatted text rendered wrongly in question but is correct in edit preview
I stumbled upon a question that has some incorrectly rendered block of formatted text:
I wanted to edit and correct this but was surprised to see that in the editor it looks like this (no change made ...
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Why don't 4 indents turn characters to monospace typeface after numbered lines? [duplicate]
It works fine,
but...
not after a numbered line
It works fine,
but...
not after a numbered line
It doesn't render what suppose to be codes, but does disallow me to submit for being a code-only ...
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Can I embed a Twitter post in my answer?
Shortly after asking How do I enable email notifications from Discord?, I sent a tweet to Discord's official Twitter account asking for support. To my surprise, I received a fairly quick response ...
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Displayed answer not consistent with edit mode
The post looks different when in edit mode with respect to how it looks once it is saved. See for example this answer, and specifically the last two lines at the bottom.
In edit mode, I managed to ...
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Markdown to preserve multiline block quotes?
My understanding of how block quote formatting works is that a > at the start of a paragraph quotes the whole paragraph but allows the paragraph text to wrap to fit the available space. A > on ...
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Embedded image no longer click-able?
I was recently notified that my question was edited. It was a fine edit.
I was reviewing the edit history and noticed that the image was changed yet it remains exactly the same as far as I can tell.
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Malformed image Markdown when using add image dialog
The “Add image” toolbar button is outputting malformed markdown. I am using Firefox 40.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite).
Here in my screenshot nothing is selected. Cursor was just at that spot. ...
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Formatting of multiple quotes ends up showing as a single block
When I make three quotes with an answer under each quote, the editor resolves that as one quote all mushed together. The answers under the first two quotes disappear.
What is the trick to make ...
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Wrong suggested edit markdown comparison; no visual line-to-line matching
I just made this suggested edit. The comparison is wrong and incorrectly shows that I deleted a bunch of text, then added another bunch of text. This could give reviewers a wrong impression.
What I ...
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Markdown or HTML
I edited a question today and used <pre> instead of markdown for the post. This specific example what somewhat out of laziness with scrolling, but since HTML is accepted I didn't think it would ...
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Weird behavior with tag syntax on Meta
There's some squirrely behavior going on when using the [tag:tag] syntax for linking tags on Meta.
In Chrome (29.0.1547.76 m, Windows 7), when written in one continuous line in Markdown, tags ...
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Why is the first line automatically indented by one space?
line with backtick or code block
line with backtick or code block
Why is the first line automatically indented by one space when using backticks or <code> tags to surround multiple lines?
Is ...
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