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Posting articles and/or code
Is there any place or site in the world of Stack Exchange where people can post articles and/or code to share with the rest of the world, etc.? Possible articles and code which can be voted up and ...
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Embedded scripting language interpreter? [duplicate]
I find that I'm constantly switching between my IDE and my Stack Overflow window to test code found in the original post of a thread. For scripting languages, it seems like this action can be reduced ...
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Am I allowed to ask for the OP's email in a comment to send him source codes?
I met this situation here: the OP (who's new on SO) was looking for something that I've already done, but it's a (sure small but) real project and I can't put all the sources on the answer (JAVA, XML, ...
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Any advice to better optimize scrolling code?
At Why are my sparks not animating?, I have what looks on Mountain Lion like a non-scrolling area of code (without scrollbars until one hovers/scrolls): there are two JavaScript functions included, ...
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Text alignment in the code code view does not match text alignment in the edit box
In many questions, we see the source code with wrong indentation. On of the reasons for it, if the copy/pasted code contains tabs, the assumed tab size in the edit box is different from the assumed ...
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Explicitly say that Stack Overflow IS NOT for us to write your code
I think that when a user goes to ask his first question, that they should see something like this popup.
We are here to help solve problems. If your question is asking someone to write your code, ...
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Can I legally post Sun/Oracle JRE/JDK source code on Stack Overflow?
I want to post a JDK method's source code as part of my answer to a question on Stack Overflow. It looks like I can do this under the terms of the JRL (Java Research License), specifically:
A. ...
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How do I allow users to download my code for them to review?
How can I allow someone on Stack Overflow to download my source code so they can review it?
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Should code with simple syntax errors be assumed to be a typo?
Is it correct to change a syntax error in code that has been posted as part of a question?
After pointing out in the comments that there was a syntax error in the code posted in this question (in ...
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“Best of” Stack Overflow answers in the form of a DLL? (extracted code from answers from Stack Overflow) [closed]
Update: Wow this received much more negative attention than I expected!
I still think there is value in culling out the quality reusable code that lies in the SO repository. I don't have interest ...
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Is This Code License Compatible with StackExchange? [closed]
I want to ask a question on Stack Overflow but before I post code, I want to make sure the license I want to use (which is similar to many Open Source licenses) is compatible with Stack Exchange ...
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Code highlighting clarification
In this question, I have marked portion of html code and below another one. But the first code line is not being highlighted. Why are they behaving different?
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Is removing redundant code from a question a legitimate edit?
In this question, the guy pasted 150+ lines of code when the issue was with one specific line.
Is it legitimate to edit his question and keep only that single line?
The line:
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Are BIG questions OK?
After spending way too much time trying to find an annoying bug in my source-code, I thought of posting it on Stack Overflow. However, posting is would involve a lot of source-code, and a lot of ...
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Stack Overflow code to register with another account
So I registered on Stack Overflow the other day, and I was asked if I wanted to register with an already existing account. If I recall correctly the options were Facebook, Gmail and something else I ...
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How do I do a “good” code dump for a comprehensive example?
I came across a question where a comprehensive example would be very useful. So I wrote an example program showing one way to solve their problem.
My problem is that when I was done creating it, and ...
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Bug in code dump rejector
The system rejects code dumps without context from low-rep users by comparing the ratio of context (non-code-formatted text) to code (text which is wrapped in <pre>). (See also this feature ...
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Inexact code in questions
I see a lot of questions here with inexact code snippets, where the questioner obviously re-typed or summarized the code that's causing the problem. This can make it difficult to distinguish between ...
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Pasting runnable source code to Stackoverfow?
Runnable source code is often used as an additional part of the answer. Since it is not possible to paste runnable code to SO (as far as I know), the code is pasted to external sites like ideone or ...
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Are code troubleshooting questions really what we want to encourage?
In an effort to more fully understand the gestalt of Stack Overflow, I offer this question for perusal:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7513258/i-want-a-dialog-box-in-case-of-error#question
Since ...
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How can we avoid the pitfalls of CreativeCommons in code snippets?
Creative Commons is a great license for a wiki, but it's not a good software license at all. Is it the case that all code snippets are under the same license as the rest of the text? I commonly say ...
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Got single line after pasting the code! [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Prettified code copied in Internet Explorer pastes without line breaks
Sometimes, when I want to test some code snippet, I copy it as it is and I got the entire code in ...
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Post a question that involves 3 .java files?
I have a project that contains 3 .java files and 1 text file. In order to ask my question I have to post all parts of the project. How do I do that?
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Editing an SO answer with < 6 characters to correct code syntax [duplicate]
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Change this behavior to allow for spelling corrections and the like: “Edits must be at least 6 characters”
This has been asked before here, but I think this ...
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Access to Chat Code?
Ok, I'm not saying... "Let me have you chat code." I'm asking if its an open source project. I love the design of chat and well the entire interface in general. I'd love to incorporate a like client ...
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how can i copy code chunks from StackOverflow [duplicate]
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prettified code copied in internet explorer pastes without line breaks
hi all, when i want to copy some code chunk written in some answer the resulting text doesn't have ...
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Discourage code dumps
Lately, I've seen a lot of "this is my code, please find the bug" questions, i.e., people just dump their complete class file instead of creating a minimal working example.
When I see this, I usually ...
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Copyright/plagiarism issues with others' source code within yours
I plan on answering a question with some source code on StackOverflow, but I have formulated my answer using some source code I found elsewhere — it was an answer to another question.
I planned on:
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Posting code properly and safely
Basically i'm worried about theft. I'm not implying that anyone on stack exchange is a thief but about a year ago I posted on another site and a month later I found my code as a download in another ...
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what's best: post full or partial source code as answer?
Very frequently I step into questions on stackoverflow that have small snippets of code, each with it's own set of custom types/pointers/maps/vectors/classes (and other stuffs). Sometimes there's ...
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“The idea of SO is to show people how to code not to code for them”
Comment under this answer
This question is simple - is it wrong to enjoy challenges and to provide properly tested code? Properly tested code is provided not to satisfy "plz-give-me-teh-codez" but ...
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Is it inappropriate to post decompiled code from the .NET BCL?
I've seen a lot of posts on Stackoverflow containing decompiled source-code from the .NET framework (typically produced by a tool such as .NET Reflector). I've posted such code myself in answers, to ...
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How to tag question that ask us to find a bug?
For example, Javascript auto calculating with (+) and (-)
I tagged it with findbugs (I know what findbugs is, but I could not find anything better). I think it deserves to have its own category -- ...
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show whitespace when dealing with regexps
Hi,
When answering question about regexps, it would be great if whitespace could be shown in the code listing. Whitespace plays an crucial role and they are all to easy to miss and get wrong. What ...
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Where can I get the source code for stackoverflow.com's WMD version?
I think the question is self-explanatory - its not that that I want SO source code. What I am looking for is how they added image upload from PC feature. I need to implement it too.
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What is StackOverflow's policy on: Posting complete projects
Hey there,
I have a complete project that isn't functioning properly in IE.
I was wondering what SO's policies are on posting the entire project and letting people pick it apart?
Cheers.
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AutoIndent of Source Code
When editing a question or an answer on StackOverflow, it would be great if, when you are on a line that starts with n ≥ 4 spaces and press Enter, the newly created line would automatically begin with ...
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Search just code
I want to search my questions for a question that uses the C# key word is new.
When I search user:me new I get matches that are not code. Is there a way to just search code?
Edit: Since it seems ...
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How to respond to people just asking for code without any own effort?
I'm very active in the android tag on stackoverflow. It seems that the tag is hit by a wave of people trying to write apps for android without any programming knowledge.
Many of this questions look ...
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What a great piece of code!
This idea is about saving a valuable pieces of code from the ocean of the questions that everyday are posted on Stack Overflow .
It could be like an upvote, but only on the code box, maybe also with ...
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is it possible to get open source code of stack overflow or even buy the forum source code [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Stack Overflow Clones?
Does this (stack overflow) forum has any open source code? And if no, can anyone please, give me an open source code engine site, that is similar ...
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How to write source code/some characters in SO? [duplicate]
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How do I format my code blocks?
As the following, '<' or <--' doesn't show with pre tag.
Is there any better way to write code in SO?
# Sample code from ...
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Uploading code for small projects
Yeah, I know this great idea has been pooh-poohed by the people that know better.
I think it is a huge mistake personally, but you got the keys to the car, so OK.
Why not allow a user option to ...
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How do I post code in comments?
When responding to potential answers I sometimes like to include a code block to clarify what I'm talking about. Is it possible to have clean code-formatting in comments or only in questions and ...
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What is the code on Stack Overflow's 'Page Not Found' pages? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the joke in the Stack Overflow 404 page code?
For example:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/does_not_exist
What is the code on the right pane, and if it ...
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remove common whitespace in front of sourcecode blocks [duplicate]
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Add feature to WMD for re-aligning code blocks
People seem to be prone to just paste code from their IDE into stackoverflow, often with reams of whitespace on the ...
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Code blocks after a list, but not within a list in markdown. Is it possible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Code block is not properly formatted when placed immediately after a list item
In this post about nesting code-blocks in lists, it is explained that if you want to nest ...
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<pre> tag formatting doesn't always apply properly
I've just edited http://serverfault.com/questions/95353/backup-solutions-for-rackspace-cloud-sites/95368#95368 to add <pre> tags around the shell script, and whilst the live preview showed the ...
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Bold code in a question
Frequently when I ask a question I have to include quite a bit of code for reference purposes.
It would be nice to be able to bold the important lines in the code.
For example this code:
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Shortcut or button for copying posted code from Stack Overflow
I might just be lazy, but do you ever find it tiresome to select all the source code from a large post on SO to copy it? I would like a feature, possibly a Firefox extension but preferably a ...
