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Q&A Markdown spoiler sections - is there any need?

Standard markdown does not include spoiler sections (hidden until clicked on). Personally, on those rare occasions when I find need to temporarily hide something, I'm happy using &lt;details&gt; HT...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Details tag requires an internal blank line to render markdown

When using a &lt;details&gt; tag to add an expandable section to a post, markdown will mostly still work inside the expandable section, but some of it will not work on the first line. Markdown trea...

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Support lists (bullets and numbers) in comment markdown

I understand that comments are intended for brief queries about the post content, but in the Meta sites I sometimes find it useful to be able to quote part of a post in a comment. Block quotes alre...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Allow using <kbd> in the website

I suggest to support &lt;kbd&gt;KBD&lt;/kbd&gt; format in the website. Test KBD It's not working as it is in Stack Exchange, you might want to check this post's source code. It's useful whe...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 12mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Markdown does not always seem to work

Recently, I faced some issue with markdown. When I write text in the following way then markdown of "&gt;" isn't working (was working earlier). &lt;hr/&gt; &gt; &gt; hello I faced some pr...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 1y ago by Trilarion‭

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Q&A Why do quotation boxes split themselves?

This snag doesn't happen on Stack Exchange. Each time I use >, the quotation box severs itself. How can I combine the quotation boxes? I screenshot https://math.codidact.com/posts/282889.

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by DNB‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Allow block quotes in comments

When commenting on a post, sometimes I want to comment on a specific paragraph, or similar section. The most natural way to me is to block quote it, however using Markdown to do it doesn't work (it...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Unable to create paragraphs in comments

In comments, neither line one line two nor line one line two (with two spaces after line one) work to create a new line, the comment ends up being line one line two. This has messed ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Strikethrough markdown not working

Strikethrough text doesn't appear to work using Markdown notation: This is supposed to have strikethrough text And it works in the preview, but not in the actual post. Now using the &lt;strike&g...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by laserkittens‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Possible Markdown rendering issue

I identified a possible Markdown rendering error. In this post, I hyperlinked the last few words. This renders correctly in the preview but not in the actual post. I’ve tested in a few browsers wi...

7 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by laserkittens‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by elgonzo‭

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Q&A Digit followed by dot and space disappears at the beginning of comment.

If I try to start a comment with a digit followed by dot and space afterward, it is missing after I post it. N.B. I hope this is the right place to write this kind of issues.

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by artaxerxe‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A What languages have syntax highlighting support?

Users can specify the language of a code block by adding it after the first set of triple backticks. For example, this question over on Software Dev uses it for C. What programming languages are su...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Markdown preview of bulleted list with leading text

If I put leading text into the post body textbox immediately before a bulleted list, like this: Leading text: * First item * Second item In the preview below the box it shows up correctly, with ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Peter Cooper Jr.‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Sigma‭

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