This auto formatting is messing up my posts. For example, when I copy a directory listing and past it below:
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C:\wamp64\www\laravel\prj01>dir
Volume in drive C is Acer
Volume Serial Number is 9CE7-F03B
Directory of C:\wamp64\www\laravel\prj01
09/15/2024 08:26 AM <DIR> . 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> .. 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 258 .editorconfig 09/15/2024 08:26 AM 1,117 .env 09/15/2024 08:26 AM 1,066 .env.example 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 186 .gitattributes 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 264 .gitignore 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> app 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 350 artisan 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> bootstrap 09/15/2024 08:26 AM 1,966 composer.json 09/15/2024 08:26 AM 319,585 composer.lock 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> config 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> database 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 244 package.json 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 1,191 phpunit.xml 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> public 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 4,109 README.md 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> resources 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> routes 09/15/2024 08:25 AM <DIR> storage 09/15/2024 08:27 AM <DIR> tests 09/15/2024 08:27 AM <DIR> vendor 09/11/2024 01:12 PM 263 vite.config.js 12 File(s) 330,599 bytes 12 Dir(s) 223,926,915,072 bytes free
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It appears fine before I post it, but after posting it, it is all messed up. I only want it to format when I tell it to format.
Just use ruby markdown i.e.,:
c:\stohere>dir
Volume in drive C is Windows
Volume Serial Number is 2A76-9BF7
Directory of c:\stohere
11/27/2021 02:00 PM <DIR> .
12/03/2021 01:06 AM <DIR> uploads
0 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 386,283,008,000 bytes free
put it as a codeblock by putting three backticks ``` on their own line before and after the thing that should be treated as code and not markdown
@jlrdw I don't know ruby markdown.
@snapey Thanks for the backticks tip, is that a ruby markdown thing?
Where do I go to learn the markdown used by this site?
What I would really like to do is disable all markdowns and for the markdowns to only happen on demand, is there a way to do that?
Is there a special markdown code to force a newline: Carriage Return + Line Feed?
@rfm Whenever you write a comment (on a non-mobile device), there's a Markdown Preview toggle. You can use that to see what your message will look like. Below the toggle is a link to the instructions.
Where do I go to learn the markdown used by this site?
You can check the Wikipedia page of Markdown and/or the aforementioned link.
What I would really like to do is disable all markdowns and for the markdowns to only happen on demand, is there a way to do that?
No. Also your lines don't collapse because of Markdown, it's just default html white space collapsing. This forum provides Markdown plus GitHub-flavored code blocks as the formatting tools.
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