Questions tagged [formatting]
Formatting could mean the form and layout of any text or any other type of document. Formatting could also imply the preparation of storage media for accepting data. This would mean Formatting is the synonym of Formatting.
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How do I format my code that it will be wrapped in a box with horizontal scrolling?
Usually when I need to post an error output or any code I use blockquotes and place the entire thing there. On two occasions my code has been edited and formatted in a way that it can be seen in a box ...
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Why does SE mess with the spacing in code blocks?
Why do code blocks delete double-spaces? Double-spaces are required in some code. Code blocks should not alter the text in them at all, because code sometimes has weird formatting.
Example: compare ...
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Where to put bounty information?
Sparked by a chat discussion about this question, I think we should think of a way to put some order to bounty information.
What information is interesting?
Sometimes, one would like to include ...
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Is Ask Ubuntu using reStructuredText?
It might be an obvious question for those who know, but I can't find an answer to it.
Recently, I started working with sphinx which uses reStructuredText. It somehow looked familiar to Ask Ubuntu's ...
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How to display keys and tags? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?
How do you display buttons on keyboard eg: Control, Alt etc. in your discussion? I have seen many people even displaying tags. ...
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Why are people using Quotes instead of Code?
We use the dollar sign link for code and the " for quotes right, Why am I seeing code formated as quotes? One example is this answer https://askubuntu.com/posts/146792/revisions
I have heard that ...
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A request for all Ask Ubuntu users [duplicate]
About a week ago the Indian Government has Blocked(read Banned) a few sites,one of them is pastebin.com. I have seen a few people linking their errors to pastebin so I sincerely request them to choose ...
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How do I get the button icons? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?
I've seen in some questions or answer that people are able to turn 'alt' or 'shift' into little button icons that say the name ...
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how to add keys symbol & and software center package link in askUbuntu answer?
I know this very dumb question in Ask Ubuntu.
I want to know how in this link the key symbols are attached in question
and in this link (in answer section 2 question) how Ubuntu software center open ...
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Line break glitch with code tag
Line breaks with code involved leave a thin piece of the code formatting in the previous line:
This only seems to happen with the Opera browser (ver. 11.00/11.01).
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How do we create letters with dash over them? (strikethrough or strikeout)
a) With GNU/Linux OS & Ubuntu in general in text editors
b) Specifically for askubuntu.com as to imply that the text is deleted (edited later)
c) or as an html formatting in a broader sense.
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How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?
Guys, I was looking in a question when I found a different way to markup keyboard (combination of keys) to express commands. I cant found a previously answer about Markdown (except this, but not ...
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How should sequential clicks/menu items be formatted?
What should the separator be?
System > Preferences > Keyboard > Layouts > Apply System-Wide
System → Preferences → Keyboard → Layouts → Apply System-Wide
System --> Preferences --> Keyboard --> ...
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