For questions about making code appear correctly in questions, answers and comments.
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Add code blocks to alternate image text
I often find the need to post an image in an answer to help summarize my point. I have used these before to demonstrate things such as CSS properties, as shown in this answer. I added the code that ...
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Formatting for Comments
Every once in a while, I need to put a bit of code in one of my comments, and to do so, I have to pretend that I'm going to write an answer just to copy the backtick to paste it into my comment (I'm ...
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Backquotes inside backquoted code in comments
Sometimes, when I write answers, I need to include backquotes as part of the code (not as formatting markup). This I can do by using four-spaced indent in the answer. However I can't find a way to ...
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Code block is not changing colour [duplicate]
I was trying to edit this question but I could not edit the code block using the normal Ctrl+K method. The code would not format properly, it stayed clumped together even after I applied Ctrl+K. So I ...
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Don't consider inline code spans as code for the purposes of the quality filter
From my earlier question, Detect attempts at disguising meaningless text as code blocks:
Currently, the quality filter only asks that you have a code block before it will accept your submission of ...
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Why don't these equations display as code formatting?
In this question:
Formatting a txt file of equations into the same format and then manipulating them for linear algebra calculations in Python
The three lines from the 'txt' file with three ...
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left angle bracket in pre tag explodes formatter
I was trying to move the text in between the tables out of the code block in this question, but the preview refused.
I have a table that has ID and ParentId, I would like display each ID with its ...
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Why is code pasted in one place formats correctly and pasted toward the bottom does not? [duplicate]
Here's a response I posted on SO. Notice that the code, when placed at the top, formats correctly, but when placed towards the bottom, does not.. (Seems like the formatting code does not sanitize ...
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Do backticks count as code for jsFiddle links?
According to Kevin's answer to Prevent posts with links to jsfiddle and no code:
... if you try and post to Stack Overflow with a link to either
jsfiddle.net or ideone.com you'll be required to ...
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Single code formatted space ` ` works in questions and answers but not comments [duplicate]
It's annoying that on stack overflow ` ` works fine in questions and answers but not in comments, to produce a single code-formatted space.
Edit a few days later
Actually my question appears to be a ...
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Enable tab and shift + tab for code formatting
After some discussion on this question I decided to make a feature-request (or at least a discussion about it).
It would be very nice to be able to use Tab and Shift+Tab to move code blocks (like in ...
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How do I move a code block to the left on SO? [duplicate]
Just wondering: Is there a key-combination for moving code blocks left (inverted tab)?
shift+ tab doesn't seem to work.
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Triple backquote for code snippets [duplicate]
I find the 4 space indentation to include code snippets unnecessarily difficult to use. Typically, when you copy and paste some code it requires manually reformatting each line (unless there's some ...
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What is the proper way to format a posts in Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I have been using Stack Overflow for quite a while now and have edited lots of post.
Each time I edit a post, I end up formatting the code parts by pressing space 4 times so that it formats the codes ...
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Formatting Returned Errors on Stack Overflow Questions
How should one format returned errors or console messages in a question on Stack Overflow?
Recently I ran into a PHP question that had an error as a code block:
PHP Warning: ...
