Questions tagged [markdown]
Lightweight, plain-text markup language used across the entire Stack Exchange network for post formatting.
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How to change the background colour of inline code in chat?
I find it hard to differentiate between normal text and inline code in chat. In particular short code pieces can look very similar to normal text: Is there a way to change the background colour to ...
4 votes
1 answer
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Failure to show image that already exists in imgur
Question Why is there too much white space over my tikzpicture references an image that's already in Imgur using the <img> HTML mechanism. I attempted to display the image via the icon ...
3 votes
1 answer
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Where are the instructions?
There used to be instructions on how to format questions, which included such things as it displaying the compiled mwe. Are the instructions still available, and if so, how??
4 votes
1 answer
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Problem writing the sequence \@ in inline <code>...</code>-blocks
When typing answers in an edit-box of the TeX-LaTeX-StackExchange website, which is based on markdown, then from time to time I introduce control-sequence-tokens/sequences of inline-code not via ...
18 votes
2 answers
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The CommonMark diary
Friends, The StackExchange network decided to switch to CommonMark. The last time SE decided to make some changes, we experienced a lot of problems. Worse, any official position from the Powers That ...
7 votes
1 answer
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Typo in Markdown Help
The first sample code paragraph for Basic Links at Markdown Help seems a bit messed up, with the links within the sentence being in the wrong order, and may not very helpful for a puzzled reader ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Is there no way at all to typeset equations using TeX on the TeX SE at all? [duplicate]
I understand that the feature to render TeX in between Markdown/HTML using the \$ as delimiters was disabled, or the powers that be decided not to adopt it because of the meta aspect of it, that ...
0 votes
1 answer
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TeX, TeX, and nothing else? [duplicate]
Background I had a long-term personal questioning about the fact if Markdown + Mathjax (which is great on math.SE for example) could be one day derived into a typesetting tool for printed documents. ...
7 votes
1 answer
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How to quote a left quote inline?
How can I type a left quote inside an inline quote? For instance, how can I quote the following snippet from the TeXbook: inline? If I use a single left quote: \catcode\{=1` If I use a double left ...
41 votes
4 answers
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Double backslashes disappear from code
Not the first time it happens on the site, so it's time to raise the problem in Meta. It is similar, but distinct from ‘double backslash + newline’ collapses to ‘single backslash’ when I hit ‘edit’ (...
10 votes
1 answer
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Are questions using markdown with LaTeX allowed?
Using converters like Pandoc, it is possible to use a substantial amount of LaTeX in a markdown document and convert it to a PDF. Are questions involving such use cases allowed on this site? And if ...
11 votes
1 answer
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Something messed with my answers backslashes and newlines
My answer is not displayed correctly. The internet archive has a correct version of the first revision, see this screenshot from archive. The difference is that now, though I didn't do any changes to ...
10 votes
1 answer
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Quoting codes in a list leaves a </li>
I found this by accident; If I am writing a list and start quoting \some \codes \then \there \is \an \unexpected </li> Is it a bug or I should not do so?
10 votes
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What is the policy on adding keyboard markup?
Is it considered good practice to add keyboard markup to posts and, if so, is it acceptable to edit posts when part of the reason or the sole reason for editing is to add such markup? An example of ...
7 votes
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Is it possible to set an HTML id for elements when posting a question/answer?
The title should be relatively straightforward, but is it possible to set the id of, say, a header in your question/answer? That is, is it possible to get ## some header to render as <h2 id="some-...