Questions tagged [code-formatting]
For posts about making code appear correctly in questions, answers and their comments.
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Proper syntax highlighting for Blazor - C# with HTML on Stack Overflow
The code highlighting here on Stack Overflow appears to be missing a tag for Blazor-like pages where C# and HTML are combined within the same file.
Currently, I can only format it as either C# or HTML....
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Comment with backticks loses formatting when edited [duplicate]
With the recent UI change, a comment that was written using backticks (inline code), loses those when edited.
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Requesting clarification on reason for edit rejection
I recently submitted this edit suggestion:
https://stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/36801118
It seemed to me to be pretty straightforward. As the name of a system file, /etc/sysctl.conf should ...
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Discussions garbles code [duplicate]
I am trying to respond to a Discussion (pushed upon us by the frustrating comment experiment), and it eats my code. I want to put this code there:
# 2. Identify peaks ----
peaks_info <- cardidates::...
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Creating a code block in Staging Ground includes one additional character after the text selection
When you edit a question in the Staging Ground to convert a text selection into a multiline code block by using the "Code block" button (or pressing CTRL-M), a code block will be entered ...
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Why does this code block have weird formatting?
COMMAND and OUTPUT is formatted as italics in this post. I know <pre><code> can be used to format text in code blocks, but that answer uses just a normal code fence ``` ```. Here's the ...
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Indent/dedent in the Stacks Editor
I would love to have an indent and dedent keys in the new Stacks Editor.
This has already been requested for the old markdown editor, but the request seems to have been ignored, and it seems like the ...
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What causes single backticks on every line of code?
There is an issue where code blocks contain single backticks around every single line, rather than triple fences around the entire code block. This destroys the formatting. An example can be seen in ...
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How to fix the error "your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code"
How do I fix the below format? I keep getting the error:
"Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code." My code is indented 4 spaces and is between '''codeblock ...
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Font in code blocks [duplicate]
Has the font in code blocks changed recently? Is this intended?
Being exclusively active in the r tag, I'm very irritated by the distracting misalignment of < and -, which together are the ...
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Can the New Question wizard check for multiline code inside single backticks?
Every day I fix up numerous questions that have multi-line code blocks enclosed in single backticks rather than triple backtick code fences. Or they don't put a newline between the triple backticks ...
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code formatting lost after edit, revert would not fix it
I made an edit to this answer, (changed "unicode" to "str") however when I saved the edit, the code formatting was lost. I quickly reverted the edit, however the code formatting ...
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When is it OK to upload images of code/data/errors? [duplicate]
When is it OK to upload images of code/data/errors?
– If your answer is never, can we please talk about it?
Don't get me wrong.
I don't endorse uploading code/text in an image instead of uploading ...
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Are code fences officially preferred yet? User found error message saying otherwise!
I found a question on SO where the asker had been presented with an "error" message:
Oops! Your edit couldn't be submitted because:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly ...
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My post "appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code", but I did wrap code in <pre><code> tags [duplicate]
I was trying to answer a coding question in JavaScript. I had some code and used <pre><code>, put my code in, then typed </pre></code>. I then came across this error when ...
