11
votes
Accepted
How can I use grave accents or backticks (`) in a question?
How can I type two backtick characters without formatting my text in unwanted way?
Use \ as an escape character:
This is some text with `backticks` and some more `text with backticks`
Source:
This ...
DavidPostillMod
- 153k
9
votes
Accepted
Formatted text rendered wrongly in question but is correct in edit preview
Fundamentally - we didn't have code fences then. We do now. Essentially - the conversion from markdown to rendered markup happens once - when the post is posted.
For extra fun - since its an odd ...
- 128k
8
votes
How can I use grave accents or backticks (`) in a question?
This question is rather confused. What does the Alt key have to do with your requiring two backticks ` [not tildes, btw, they're ~ ]
Stack Exchange uses markdown for formatting, which means two ...
- 47.6k
4
votes
How do I make what I type look like keys on a keyboard?
Like This?
Enclose the letter in <kbd> and </kbd>
Also works with suitably sized images
- 128k
4
votes
Accepted
Should a short error message be formatted as inline code, bold or simply with double quotes?
If the error is mostly human-readable text, I would suggest double quotes. "Error: file not found" looks natural because it's laid out more or less like a standard human sentence. Code formatting ...
- 40.1k
2
votes
Can I embed a Twitter post in my answer?
I'd go with a self contained answer referencing the tweet.
A screenshot would be nice, but it would be as simple as
"I contacted the discord team via twitter - and they responded, that it was ...
- 128k
2
votes
Accepted
Why aren't backticks working in comments to get a fixed-width font?
In my comment, it is not formatted and the backticks are visible.
In a comment you need to double the backticks to prevent the \ escaping the closing backtick:
``\\?\``
DavidPostillMod
- 153k
2
votes
Quote markdown for the whole answer
The help centre page How to reference material written by others gives a suggested format that quitations should take. It shows blockquoting being used for copied text.
It states
Provide a link ...
MokubaiMod
- 89.6k
1
vote
Accepted
Unable to have inline code in a comment when a backslash is before the tilda
How can I unescape the backslash-tilda?
Use double tildas:
``f:\``
This will display in a comment as:
f:\
See my comment under your question.
DavidPostillMod
- 153k
1
vote
Quote markdown for the whole answer
Is this the standard of formatting answers now, or am I right to question this decision?
Yes it is the standard, and you are wrong to question it.
Note the use of block quotes above where I am ...
DavidPostillMod
- 153k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible