Send formatted text in Skype for Linux

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Is it possible to use formatting (italics, bold, preformatted) in Skype for Linux as it is on Windows? How?

I'm running Skype 4.3.0.37 on Ubuntu 15.04.

Sometimes it amazes me the odd things people need to do. You can't link to an outside source. Like Google Docs? — Griffin, Commented May 29, 2015 at 11:54
The idea is just to use simple formatting to put emphasis in a message, or sometimes even sending an inline block of code -- pretty much like you would do in a SE comment ;-). You can do it in Skype for Windows, so can you on Linux? — Didier L, Commented May 29, 2015 at 12:16
I would assume you'd do it the same way as windows. If it's not there then you likely can't. Also what I was saying is why you need to do that? — Griffin, Commented May 29, 2015 at 12:35
It does not work in the same way as windows, but the client is very different too. However I found someone looking for a programmatic way of doing the same who mentioned using <pre> tags on Linux, which is different from Windows. However this does not work for me. — Didier L, Commented May 29, 2015 at 13:07
If you want to be really concrete concerning the why, at the time I asked the question I just wanted to share a small piece of code with my colleagues without it being scrambled by smileys. I find pastebin a bit of overkill for such cases. — Didier L, Commented May 29, 2015 at 13:09

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:41:41Z

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Did you try the following?

then hold control-shift and then send the message

I did it well in this way.

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answered Jun 3, 2015 at 20:35

ie4

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Well, yes of course, when reading that question :-) However the formulation is a bit strange: it just means pressing ctrl+shift+enter, right? That does not work for me…
– Didier L
Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 12:16
Yes, pressing ctrl+shift+enter, right. I'm running Skype 4.3.0.37 on Ubuntu 15.04, too. I inputted the text <b>message</b>, and pressed ctrl+shift+enter key. then in the side that received a message, a letter became the bold-face (this skype is running in windows), However the side where I sent a message to was displayed without becoming the bold-face (but tag <b> was not displayed).
– ie4
Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 0:41
Possibly it may be that Skype on Ubuntu Can't display a message in formatted text.
– ie4
Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 0:48
I just understood that the ctrl+shift+enter trick only works when first sending the message. I was always trying by editing existing messages (to avoid disturbing others) and that does not work. And as you said the formatting is not displayed locally, the tags are simply removed. Similarly to the Windows client, the tags are thus lost when editing a message (but they cannot be re-added).
– Didier L
Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 14:44
I see! It was such a thing. I'm glad that it became clear.
– ie4
Commented Jun 11, 2015 at 14:06

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