Users posting unformatted code will see a warning message instructing them how to format it correctly. :triangular_flag_on_post: Not a fan of content detection… Will users be able to disable this or is it going to be enforced? :confused: The link to this topic should probably open in a new windo…

[image] another_username: Will users be able to disable this They will, but only per-device as per: [image] Unformatted Code Detector :information_source: “Do not show this message again” only works per device, not per user. This is a known issue and will be fixed once Discourse gains th…

[image] Unformatted Code Detector Is there any way we can make it more clear to the user which key to chose for the code fences if he is doing it manually (i.e. not via the button)? K·I·S·S : Just use normal quotes or symbols that any user can access, as opposed to special characters that are …

[image] Firepup Sixfifty: [image] Unformatted Code Detector :information_source: “Do not show this message again” only works per device, not per user. This is a known issue and will be fixed once Discourse gains the functionality to attach user info from themes. And can that preference…

[image] another_username: The link to this topic should probably open in a new window by default so people can post to this thread after they get this warning whilst posting on another. You can configure in your profile whether links should open in a new tab: https://meta.discourse.org/my/pr…

[image] Unformatted Code Detector K·I·S·S : Just use normal quotes or symbols that any user can access, as opposed to special characters that are not on all keyboards? Then a lot of things would be formatted as code which shouldn’t. You can use the toolbar to add the formatting. [image] an…

Maybe I don’t mean what you mean. ‘’ two single quotes are not syntactically valid, so you could use that convention. You can just make up your own convention. Either way, better a key that can be pressed than one that can’t, IMHO. :slight_smile: How about a user can define their own code/quote/…

[image] another_username: How about a user can define their own code/quote/etc delimiters? That’d probably nigh impossible to implement. What do you do when two users have conflicting code block definitions?

[image] Firepup Sixfifty: What do you do when two users have conflicting code block definitions? Not an issue. You would simply replace the ` with the user’s preferred character when editing and replace it again when saving, if I am explaining that well enough :confused: Sorry. The backtick w…

Backticks are a standard markdown syntax - they’re not Discourse specific. (read more in the commonmark spec ). But, if you want to avoid the backtick character you can indent the code by four spaces, or use the [code] bbcode wrapper: Source: This is some code Result: This is some code…

Can the Unformatted Code Detector be disabled per user?

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another_username July 28, 2024, 7:31pm 4

And can that preference be reset in preferences?

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Can the Unformatted Code Detector be disabled per user?

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