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Why can't I upload pictures from a link?
S.E. has this feature. You just copy and paste the link of the picture, and S.E. uploads it for you.
But for Codidact, I have to download the picture to my computer. Then upload it? This wastes time.
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You can use markdown formatting to directly link the image, like so:
E.g.
becomes
(Andonier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
This will not upload the image to Codidact, merely link it, but it should be good enough for most purposes.
This has been discussed previously. I have suggested this plus a whole bunch of other image related features. I haven't had the time to work on implementation and nobody else had jumped in to do this. We'll get this eventually.
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