How do I view the markdown source for a post?

Question

I was trying to figure out how users markdown a button but I do not see a "view source" button. I could of sworn I've been able to see the source of a post before... somehow. Am I bugging out?

Maybe it is not available in some posts? If so, why not?

Answer 1

Kinda tricky, but from the permalink of the questions [ https://meta.superuser.com/questions/1625/how-do-i-view-the-markdown-source-for-a-post ] replace questions with posts and replace the part after the number ( ie, /how-do-i-view-the-markdown-source-for-a-post) with /revisions

So the link becomes https://meta.superuser.com/posts/1625/revisions

So, in general, http://<site>/questions/<n>/<blargh> becomes http://<site>/posts/<n>/revisions

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For answers, the concept remains the same, except you'll have to replace in the above link with the post number for the answer, which is the number appended after the question.

So, this answer link is How do I view the markdown source for a post?

To get the revisions view, the link is https://meta.superuser.com/posts/1627/revisions

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Once you get the revisions view just click on View Source.

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AFAIR, the view source link was available only on Revisions view - which is available on a single click if the question/answer has been edited.

For others, the above link will open the revisions view and you can select the source from there.