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This will also strip out non-English but otherwise perfectly alphanumeric characters like à, é, ö, as well as the entire Cyrillic alphabet.

Dan Abramov
– Dan Abramov

2012-03-01 13:40:17 +00:00
Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 13:40
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@quemeful I disagree, the original question does not specify "for english only". SO is quite international, used all over the world. Anyone who speaks English and has internet access can use it. If the language is not specified in the question, then we should not be making any assumptions. We are in 2017, dammit!

Rolf
– Rolf

2017-11-08 21:47:51 +00:00
Commented Nov 8, 2017 at 21:47
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Also, even if you only support English you have loan words like résumé and names of places or people so you wouldn't want to break someone's ability to say they work in San José (the official spelling) in the cubicle between Ramón Chloé.

Chris Adams
– Chris Adams

2017-12-14 18:38:47 +00:00
Commented Dec 14, 2017 at 18:38
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This will mess with words such as wouldn't and don't

Bruno Francisco
– Bruno Francisco

2019-02-14 13:50:33 +00:00
Commented Feb 14, 2019 at 13:50
2

@njboot It collapses multiple adjacent whitespace to single spaces.

John Kugelman
– John Kugelman

2021-03-31 15:23:34 +00:00
Commented Mar 31, 2021 at 15:23

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)

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[example](https://example.com)

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