isn't there some markup hook that i can use to do that?
i'm getting tired of fetching some old C file that i want to simply paste in and having to manually add spaces to many of the lines.
this seems silly.
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asked Jan 6, 2017 at 22:13
2 Answers
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You could do:
<pre>
code
code2
code3
</pre>
which gives you
code code2 code3
I think triple backticks code should work to:
``` code more code some final code ```
code
more code
some final code
This should also work:
<code>
code
code2
code3
</code>
which renders as:
code
code2
code3
The <pre> tag has trouble with HTML special characters < and >:
<pre>
#include <limits.h>
</pre>
gives:
#include
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$\begingroup$ The triple-backtick works in desktop, but mis-renders without line breaks on mobile $\endgroup$ Jan 10, 2017 at 1:03
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$\begingroup$ please tell me you don't have a
class pre; std::vector<pre> prepositions_vector;in your C++... $\endgroup$ Jan 12, 2017 at 17:38 -
$\begingroup$ @OlliNiemitalo no, seriously, I'll make this answer a community wiki. Please add an example for what doesn't work! $\endgroup$ Jan 12, 2017 at 17:39
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In fact, just use the curly braces when answering: the SE answer "IDE" has this function automatically. Just hit the curly brace button after selecting the code you want indented.
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$\begingroup$ Peter, i cut and pasted text from an old C file into the SE window, but i wanted this text to look like code. best that i understand, every line (even the blank lines) has to have a tab or 4 spaces preceding anything else. $\endgroup$ Jan 7, 2017 at 1:08
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2$\begingroup$ @robertbristow-johnson: The curly braces button does do that for you, is there something I'm missing? $\endgroup$ Jan 11, 2017 at 21:16
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$\begingroup$ maybe it's something i am missing. i'll fiddle with it again. $\endgroup$ Jan 11, 2017 at 21:53
command-mode >. $\endgroup$