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Jake Nisenboim
3,374 PointsHow should I write code in discussion
Its somewhat frustrating that I cannot respond to answers in the discussion by simply adding < and writing code as it should be.
I assume the reason for this is security?
Is there a way that we can do write the code so it comes up with the black background manually?
Thanks.
5 Answers
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 PointsHi!
I may be wrong here but I presume that this is what you are looking for:
You can put three of these (`) before and after the code snippet to make it better formatted. If you want to see this in more detail please refer to the Markdown Cheatsheet below the post box.
Patrick Shushereba
10,911 PointsYou can use three tick marks (```) followed by the name of the language to start your code block. Then you end it with three more tick marks.
For example:
def initialize
#this is some Ruby code.
end
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 Points<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Testing</h1>
<h2>Test</h2>
</a>
<nav>
Patrick Shushereba
10,911 PointsThey need to be the backwards marks. Top left of the keyboard.
Jake Nisenboim
3,374 PointsAwesome thank you very much !!
If possible, if may be a good idea to make this clear to new users.
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,597 PointsHi Jake,
It is under every post/comment/answer you make:
"Reference this Markdown Cheatsheet for syntax examples for formatting your post." :)
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 PointsI think this post is the best for describing.
It's too bad we can't pin it. :)