Questions tagged [markdown]
Lightweight, plain-text markup language used across the entire Stack Exchange network for post formatting.
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Is it acceptable to edit out "artificial" newlines?
I'm not sure what to call it but I've seen some users have a "style" like this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore ...
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New editor keeps WYSIWYG formatting in both non-WYSIWYG modes, incorrectly handles character deletion because of that too
The new editor applies colorized text formatting (italics, bold, text color of code blocks, quotes and separators) to the text being edited in both non-WYSIWYG modes:
It makes the typing experience ...
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A table with numbers and names trigger "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code." [duplicate]
I tried posting an algorithm question containing no code what so ever, but with some tables to illustrate the problem. The tables looked like this:
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Abel
Alex
Amir
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Axel
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The Stacks Editor implementation of code formatting makes it much harder to edit questions in the Staging Ground
Just to be clear, I don't want a meta effect of votes on this question but it exemplifies the issue. I seemingly can't easily edit it back into shape like I used to be able to. The {} button has been ...
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Can we have syntax highlighting for AutoHotkey(AHK)? [duplicate]
I've scourged this site for similar questions, but the closest one was this:
Should we have syntax highlighting for AutoHotkey questions?
But it does not really tackle the question well in that it ...
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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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Error message "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code." on table with empty cells
I want to post a question but there is no code!
I always get this error message and can't post it.
Finally I marked all text as code but this did not solve the problem.
Question:
MySQL Find ...
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Question Preview does not match how the question looks on site when asked [duplicate]
This is with regards to this specific question.
On site it looks like this -
But in the edit preview it looks like this -
There is a distinct mismatch between what is shown as a preview and what is ...
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Bad closing <a> tag earlier on causes last link in post to be not a link anymore
I just came across a puzzling issue while editing somebody's old post to update a broken link.
Always the last link in the post was not clickable, it wasn't even a link, it was simply text.
It turns ...
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Markdown error in "Why have I been limited to one question per week?" help center page
The help center page Why have I been limited to one question per week? has a Markdown error. There isn't any space in-between the three hash symbols (###) and the text, resulting in the following:
###...
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Stack Overflow prevents me from posting an answer, claiming markdown text using HTML tags is unformatted code
Markdown formatting normally relies on indentations. However, I was having copy-pasting issues with the markdown text between Stack Overflow and Google Docs. I had to do it because Stack Overflow ...
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Some Markdown content doesn't work within a <sub> tag
On Why would one replace default new and delete operators?, the Note section's links and italics aren't correctly rendered:
That section is wrapped in <sub>.
I've edited it to use HTML tags, ...
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Markdown table works in preview but not when I post the content [duplicate]
I wrote a question using a Markdown table without an empty line between the previous paragraph and the table. It showed correctly in the preview and when I clicked "Review your question", ...
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Minimize a part of a post, expand when clicked [duplicate]
Is there a way, or can we get one, to minimize a part of a post to a single line that expands to show the whole content when you click it? Like <details><summary>...</summary> ... &...
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How should links embedded into questions be formatted?
I ran into a debate on question edits just now.
A question had 2 embedded links, in this format:
I had this [question][1] which...
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And for the [other question][2],
[1]: https://...
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