Support for basic Markdown

[EEPhil]

When I looked at your post with crontab in it and tried to preview something similar here I coudn't see a problem.
Can you describe the problem you had with the crontab post?

 

[prpr]

* * * * * /mod/bin/annoy_bh

Nope, can't see a problem there.

 

[Black Hole]

Try this:

"15 * * * *" something "*" something else

"15 * * * " something "" something else

...which has been converted to (count the asterisks):

"15 * * * [I]" something "[/I]" something else

 

[EEPhil]

Aha! I see the problem.
In theory it looks as though Markdown should let you escape characters. It doesn't seem to work.

\*If I understand it correctly, the asterisk should display\*

\If I understand it correctly, the asterisk should display\ but it doesn't and the text gets italicised.
Looks like [plain][/plain] is the only viable solution - unless someone knows better.

 

[Black Hole]

Is is feasible to add a "plain" tool to the editor menu (which includes Quote and Code)?

 

[EEPhil]

Is is feasible to add a "plain" tool to the editor menu (which includes Quote and Code)?

...and there was me manually adding quote and code. Never bothered to look at "3 dots down arrow" in the editor menu.

 

[af123]

I can edit the toolbar, but there does not seem to be a "plain" button

 

[af123]

Ok, it seems that I can do it - need to find a better icon though

``` *test_ fred

 

[Black Hole]

Excellent. Thanks.

 

[MymsMan]

need to find a better icon

✈ or 🛩

 

[Black Hole]

 

[af123]

✈ or 🛩

That's what I had when I first posted the comment about needing to find a better icon! (well, a paper 'plane, but same idea) - I changed it the eye later.

 

[Black Hole]

Bloody got caught out again when inserting footnote references using asterisks, and I can't find a "plain" tool on the toolbar either.

 

[EEPhil]

Don’t know the one about footnote references. Have enough problems with “out of date browser” on laptop - many of the extra menus (vertical ...) don’t work. On the iPhone some work in unexpected ways. Always had to add plain manually. Is there supposed to be a short cut?

 

[Black Hole]

Don’t know the one about footnote references

Putting in asterisks to refer to a footnote. Once a paragraph contains more than one asterisk, pairs get treated as markdown and italicise the encompassed text. I might not notice until I review the post at a later time and discover it is garbled, and then have to replace the asterisks and put it in plain tags.

Always had to add plain manually. Is there supposed to be a short cut?

I can edit the toolbar, but there does not seem to be a "plain" button

Ok, it seems that I can do it - need to find a better icon though

``` *test_ fred

There must have been one back then (March last year) otherwise I would have said so... but damned if I can find it now.