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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 you handle questions that include Ubuntu pastebin links?
I agree with BeastOfCaerbannog, wholly.
The system can handle large-ish pastes and will tell you when it can't. Just remember that you don't have to indent you can use ~~~ fences before and after code …
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BBcode on Ask Ubuntu
We don't use BBCode, we use Markdown (see this link for formatting guides, including code).
tldr For blocks of code, prepend the line with four spaces, for shorter blocks, wrap in `` (backticks). …
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Using <pre> tags vs 4 space indentation
Manual pre/code allows you to stick HTML in code. This is both a positive and a negative, depending on what you want to show. If you want to embolden a line, as below:
dadasdasd
asdasdasd
asdasdasd
a …
OliMod
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Formatting a comment
Nope. Comments are limited to:
**bold**
*italics*
`code`
[link text](http://example.com)
There are also a few shortcuts for mentioning things like edit links, etc. See the full help on comments for …
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How do I format my code that it will be wrapped in a box with horizontal scrolling?
If you select/highlight the content and click the <$> code icon it'll do one of two things for you:
If it's part of a line but not a full line, it'll wrap it in ` marks. This gives that section a gr …
OliMod
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Why does SE mess with the spacing in code blocks?
Really nothign to do with SE and everything to do with how browsers render <code> tags. Double spaces (and tabs, etc) are munched down into single spaces.
If you want a proper code block, use four sp …
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How do I get the button icons?
<kbd>KEY</kbd> gives KEY
And if you see something in the wild like that in the future, you can click the edit link to see the source for it.
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How do we create letters with dash over them? (strikethrough or strikeout)
There is HTML for this:
<s>struck out text</s>
<strike>also struck out</strike>
this is a test
The Markdown format will allow a lot of different HTML.
OliMod
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How should sequential clicks/menu items be formatted?
I don't think there's anything wrong with the first three. → is clearly the nicest character but it's a lot more effort for people to find and insert. I would say that all three are perfectly fine. Th …
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