When answering/asking a question if you want to achieve   a black dot before the text,   you can either use "-" before your text or use:  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;some text&lt;/li&gt; &lt;ul/&gt;   So far so good, but I just noticed that if I use this black dotted text, any code blocks will not be seen after.  Here I have two screenshots to better illustrate the problem:    With "-" before the text:      And now without:    As you probably noticed, the code blocks are only seen if the "-" char does not exist.  Why is this happening? Is this a bug or something that I miss regarding this answer/question editor?
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Oftentimes, I want to include code samples in a list, for example:   Item One Item Two, for example: private bool ItemTwo() {     return this.IFeelLucky; } Item Three   The problem is that there isn't a good and intuitive way to do this using . It's doable, but you have to do some formatting black-magic to get it that way, which is just not "nice" to deal with.  Source that produces this:  1. Item One 2. Item Two, for example: &lt;br/>&lt;br/>&lt;pre>&lt;code>private bool ItemTwo()     {         return this.IFeelLucky;     }&lt;/code>&lt;/pre> 3. Item Three    I would love to just be able to do it this way:  1. Item One 2. Item Two, for example:      private bool Test()     {         return this.IFeelLucky;     }  3. Item Three  Which results in, well, this:   Item One Item Two, for example:  private bool Test() {     return this.IFeelLucky; } Item Three
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What characters/symbols are allowed within the CSS class selectors? I know that the following characters are invalid, but what characters are valid?  ~ ! @ $ % ^ &amp; * ( ) + = , . / ' ; : " ? &gt; &lt; [ ] \ { } | ` #
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I am using the . To make an appendix with tables and figures I am using the command \appendix. After it, I simply continue using \section to make sections.  I noticed that if I use \appendix, then a period is added after the number of the section, say "A.1. Sample section", which is good according to the Koma Script manual. On the other hand, this dot is added also to the preceding sections, i.e. those before \appendix was called. Indeed I get something like "1. Introduction" which I don't want.  For the sake of clarity, there is no dot after the section number if \appendix is not at all called.
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When I post a question and want to add a new line, I have to press Return two times, or else the next text will appear on the same line.  Is this really supposed to behave this way? If so, why?
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I have done some reviews of new user's questions recently,  and I noticed that most of these posts do not use inline code spans (e.g., "the main() method", "the HelloWorld class") - the things formatted with backticks (`).  Does SO have a page/question where you can redirect someone to explain what the inline code spans are, and how they should be used (preferably with examples)?  I found this question:  There is a good answer there which says that  inline code spans should be used for "code and code-like artifacts". However, that question is about a different thing, and many people may still wonder what a code-like artifact is. For instance, file names or fragments of a log file are often formatted as inline code spans, but they, probably, cannot be called "code-like artifacts". There are other examples that may look confusing.  In other words, many programming books have a typographical conventions section which explains how the book uses special text styles. Does SO have something similar which explains the use of the inline code spans?
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I just noticed that the prettify language hint for questions tagged  has been changed to lang-default; it was lang-css before. While this allows HTML code blocks to be highlighted as HTML, unfortunately it prevents CSS code blocks from being highlighted as CSS. So now instead of , I now have to add lang-css to CSS code blocks!  What's the reason for this change? (Note, only developers and moderators have the ability to change the prettify language for a given tag.)  Also, if I try to change it back to lang-css, I get this prompt:     Setting a language to a value other than default should ONLY be done if the odds of a XML, Javascript, or HTML code block in the same post is very low,are you sure you wish to make this change?   And then I'm reminded of that question I asked not too long ago, linked above, regarding highlighting HTML code blocks in questions with lang-css, and then I cancel and step back on making the change.  Is there something else going on with prettify and HTML/CSS code blocks behind the scenes that I'm not aware of? It'd be great if a developer working on integrating prettify with the site could help me understand this.
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What's the difference between &lt;b&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;, &lt;i&gt; and &lt;em&gt; in HTML/XHTML? When should you use each?
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This may or may not be a real TeX/LaTeX question but rather a general question on punctuation:  How are the different dashes - "-", -- "–" and --- "—" supposed to be used?
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With markdown, you can use some dashes for headings. For example, this: Hello ---- this is some other text  renders as this: Hello this is some other text This is fine and works well. When I want to quote that text is when the problem arises, since this Markdown: &gt; Hello &gt; ---- &gt; this is some other text  When written down shows well in the preview but not when posted:  Hello this is some other text   As an example, see an screenshot of the preview:    and a screenshot of the posted content, where the ---- becomes a &lt;hr&gt;:  Note a similar bug I also reported: .
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suggested to have templates for tags. Their example was with the  tag on Stack Overflow.  I'm suggesting a more general approach:  Templates, Mark II  I suggest that each site will have a template. That template will prefill the  textbox when a new question is asked. However, it will be completely optional.  Something like (for Stack Overflow):  ## The Problem ## { Please tell us what the problem is with as many details as possible.   Include language, operating system, and any other relevant information.   Remember to add the relevant tags below, too. } ## Attempted Solutions ## { Please tell us what you've tried so far. Have you tried searching Google?    What queries? } ## Existing Code ## { Do you have any existing code to show? Please keep it short and simple.    We should be able to detect the problem right away. }   Why am I suggesting this?  Well, it seems as though most users will stick with the default. They don't bother to read, and so prefilling the question form for them with information that we know might be relevant, will forceWe'll get to that in a second them to actually stop and read.  Scenarios:   Best case: User arrives to ask a question, actually reads the template, fills the correct information in the placeholders. (Yeah, because that'll happen a lot) Neutral: User simply removes all of the template text and rewrites their own question. Result is exact same as we have currently. Worst case: User will ignore or misunderstand the template, will use it wrong or not at all and we'll get something like  &lt;template text here, still unfilled&gt; &lt;(crappy) question&gt;   This can be solved in a couple different ways. We could detect the template tags (i.e. { }, subject to discussion), and throw an error when a user attempts to post with them still available. We could also act more autonomously and remove placeholders which still exist.    Some more points:   Templates should be per-site, not per-tag. Sure, there are differences between the tags, but all questions are expected to have the same general information, and this isn't meant to be a rule, but a guideline to help write better questions. Site templates should be editable by that site's mods, like close reasons. We could autofocus on the first placeholder, and perhaps implement TAB to jump from one placeholder to the other, similar to mixins in IDEs. This doesn't have to be implemented everywhere. This suggestion makes sense to Stack Overflow or Superuser, but not to Anime &amp; Manga or Gaming All of the details are subject to discussion, and all discussion is welcomed.
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Could I get an example as to how these three elements (are these called metacharacters?) differ?  I know that * means all or nothing, but I am not sure if it's the right way to think about it. On the other hand . and ? seem the same. They match one character, right?
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How do I escape a backtick ` within a code block?  This is probably a duplicate, since I'm sure it's a common concern, but I can't find a question that addresses this specifically.  How do I write List'1 with the "1" character still in the code-text format?
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May I use a question mark in the middle of a sentence? Examples:  Would you like the drapes to be white? or perhaps something off-white? Would you like the logo to be centered? at the bottom? left off entirely?
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If  you type the following in a comment, you can post an (almost) empty comment:  [.](http://about:blank)   Here's an example of that:        I've also included an example of that code in the comments of this question.  In posts, since you can use HTML, you can use empty strikethrough to make a completely invisible link (which is useless):  [&lt;s&gt;&lt;/s&gt;](http://about:blank)   Here's an example of that:
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I was editing my profile when I noticed this:  On SO        On Code Review.SE        The ::after content should have a little margin from the text itself. Currently, it hinders the readability.
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In  my question () contains a "$" in a quoted section of the question.  Originally I had a second "$" in a second quoted  section of the same question.    However when I did this the second $ seemed to trigger a style that made the text italic and lost spacing between words.  I took out the second "$" and instead emphasized it with the word "dollars" which solved the immediate problem.  However, in the listing of the question, (not the question itself) the same thing happens after the first "$".  The summary shows the text without spaces between words and in italic.  Seems like a bug.  Below is a verbatim copy/paste of the original issue (two dollar signs):    I was able to find a small ESC for about $12 off of ebay.  If you were designing a robot, would you see that and think?       $12 bucks for an ESC that connects to simple pulse-wave interface -   sign me up!   Or would you think:     $12 just to control a motor? I could throw together an H-bridge for   $0.50 and be done with it.   My robot in particular actually has two motors and therefor $24 to control the two of them.  But the interface is really easy (plus has the added advantage of being R/C vs computer controlled with a simple change of connectors.  Which way would you go?
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I tried to find a topic here on this (possible problem) but I didn't.   I reported it at  but Tim Hoffmann pointed me that it is not a problem of editor. After tested with nano and pdflatex I'm posting here.  The minimal code produces errors. OK, we can solve it using \\{}.   But is this a problem with TeXlive 2014 or there are some good reasons to have that behavior.  \documentclass{report} \begin{document} test\\ [foo]  test\linebreak [foo]  test\newline [foo] \end{document}      ! Missing number, treated as zero.                        f l.3 test\ [foo]