On European keyboards, the grave key is usually a dead key, used as the first stroke in a two-key sequence: [grave]+e = è. In such cases, there is a way to generate the grave character by itself, either [grave][grave] or [grave][spacebar], if I recall correctly.
In Markdown (which this forum uses), you can trigger code mode one of three ways:
- A single backtick (grave) before and after the text to be formatted as code
- Triple backticks on a line by themselves before and after the section of text to be formatted as code
- Four space characters (beginning at the left margin) before a line of text to be formatted as code
Unfortunately, method 1 does not support indentation, as multiple space characters are rendered as a single space. (I’d through method 3 did not, as well, but this proved wrong.) For instance, all three of the following examples are the same, except for how code mode is triggered:
Single backtick before and after each line
IF(
AND(
{Event Name} = BLANK(),
{Location} = BLANK(),
{Start Date} = BLANK(),
{End Date} = BLANK()
),
"SEND"
)
Four spaces before each line
(Note, there must be a blank line before the first code line.)
IF(
AND(
{Event Name} = BLANK(),
{Location} = BLANK(),
{Start Date} = BLANK(),
{End Date} = BLANK()
),
"SEND"
)
Three backticks before and after excerpt
IF(
AND(
{Event Name} = BLANK(),
{Location} = BLANK(),
{Start Date} = BLANK(),
{End Date} = BLANK()
),
"SEND"
)
As you can see, the final method places the code excerpt in its own scrollable window and performs syntax-specific highlighting. (Based on what language, I’m not certain; most Markdown implementations don’t highlight unless a language is specified after the first set of backticks.)
If you can’t tweeze a backtick character out of your keyboard, you can use the four-space method of triggering code mode.
Here is a handy Markdown reference.
Edit: Well, actually you can’t see the third method places the code in its own scrollable window, as the code excerpt wasn’t long enough.
