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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Comment | Post #293967 |
This can vary by community, but in the case of Software Development Codidact there are only 2 tag sets: one for Meta, and one that is shared by Q&A and Code Reviews.
This is subject to change if someone raises a Meta discussion arguing they should have distinct tag sets, but otherwise the 2 catego... (more) |
— | 10 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293967 |
It's never too late to suggest a change (and currently it wouldn't even be that much work). I wonder if `community-scope` would fit (since "site" could mean the community or the Codidact network). Maybe `[category]-scope` for communities with different categories (here `q&a-scope` and `code-reviews-s... (more) |
— | 11 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293967 |
It may be that there is a better word to use for a Meta tag concerning what is on topic for the other categories, and a better word to use for a Meta tag concerning whether the scope of a specific question is too broad (as opposed to being off topic). Alternatively, it may be that the community prefe... (more) |
— | 13 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293967 |
I agree that the English word "scope" has more meanings than the tag description currently defines, and that more than one of those meanings could be relevant to discussions on Meta.
I see this similarly to the "python" tag in the other categories. It has more meanings than just the programming la... (more) |
— | 13 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293974 |
I wonder if this should now be closed as a duplicate of the main Meta one, so that this post is a signpost to that one, and any discussion will be visible to all communities? (more) |
— | 14 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293974 |
I like this idea, and I think it is relevant to all communities, not just Software Development. Would you consider reposting it at [Codidact Meta](https://meta.codidact.com/) so people from all communities can give input?
I would suggest it be migrated, but I think currently migrations only work b... (more) |
— | 14 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293967 |
In the second section of my answer, I don't see a reiteration. Would you prefer the word "Meta's" to be replaced with "the"? This would give:
> Note that the question proposes merging tags into the "scope" tag.
I can't see the benefit of that. If there's a better rewriting I'd be interested to ... (more) |
— | 15 days ago |
| Comment | Post #293967 |
Olin's answer is a good point which I would expect many readers to have in mind when reading the second section of my answer, whether they had read Olin's answer or not. The first section of my answer is intended to make clear that the "scope" tag that "on-topic" and "off-topic" might be merged into ... (more) |
— | 15 days ago |
| Edit | Post #293967 | Initial revision | — | 15 days ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Should we merge the scope, on-topic and off-topic meta tags? Different tag sets per category It is important to be aware that the Q&A category and the Meta category have distinct sets of tags. This question is about the Meta tags only, which cannot be used in the Q&A category. They simply do not show up there. Specifically, the following are different (as ... (more) |
— | 15 days ago |
| Edit | Post #293875 |
Post edited: Improve consistency of example with request |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Edit | Post #293875 | Initial revision | — | about 1 month ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Are software recommendation questions on-topic? Two types of software recommendation When someone says "software recommendation" they may mean one of two quite different things, for which the answer to your question will be different. Recommendations for users If someone asks for software that they can use to do something unrelated to softwar... (more) |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Comment | Post #293871 |
That sounds like a good idea. You can raise suggestions for tags as separate Meta questions. (more) |
— | about 1 month ago |
| Edit | Post #293644 | Initial revision | — | 2 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: I comment on an answer on my question, and get this error: "New users can only comment on their own posts and on answers to them" Raised on Codidact Meta Thanks for raising this. It turns out this affects other Codidact Communities, so it's not specific to Software Development Codidact. There's a post on the main Meta community: Incorrect raw JSON failure message on posting a comment. I've mentioned your report there to hig... (more) |
— | 2 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289909 |
Post edited: Typos |
— | 3 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #289909 |
Suggested edit: Typos (more) |
helpful | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293564 |
Thanks for raising [MathJax on list pages](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/293566) on main Meta. Mentioning for anyone else reading this who might want to contribute to the discussion there. (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293564 |
If the Software Codidact community decides to switch off MathJax to avoid this bug, or to request MathJax be switched off just for the list pages, the bug will still need to be addressed for other communities such as Mathematics Codidact.
I'd guess it would make sense for the bug to be raised on m... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293564 |
MathJax is useful on list pages (look through [Mathematics](https://math.codidact.com/) for examples in titles, or [Physics](https://physics.codidact.com/) for examples in body text), but what you've found doesn't show as MathJax in the individual question page, only as a bug on the question list pag... (more) |
— | 3 months ago |
| Comment | Post #293301 |
This option is available as a checkbox here on the site, so will require no developer time. A community admin can tick the box if the community consensus supports it. (more) |
— | 4 months ago |
| Edit | Post #293264 | Initial revision | — | 5 months ago |
| Question | — |
Do we want MathJax? Some Codidact communities have MathJax enabled, which allows using mathematical notation in posts. For examples of what this looks like, see the end of the Mathematics Codidact formatting help. Would this community like MathJax to be enabled? I couldn't find a previous discussion of this on Meta. (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #284872 |
On Stack Overflow, tabs in code blocks are automatically converted to 4 spaces. On Codidact, tabs are preserved.
Since Codidact preserves more of the original text, there is a stronger reason here than on SO to avoid pasting in an image instead. In some cases a bug may be due to a tab character, s... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292263 |
If you want a code block to be plain text with no syntax highlighting, you can specify a language string that is not recognised by the syntax highlighter. For example, I specify "text", and this results in no colour or weight being applied.
Without specifying "text":
````text
```
The word... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292263 |
At present the syntax highlighting that has been automatically applied to the code blocks (plain text sections) has somewhat helpful colour and weight applied to sections that are code, but somewhat distracting colour and weight applied to sections that are not code. Removing the syntax highlighting ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292287 |
Thanks for explaining. I would not expect everyone who has a use for git to also have sufficient Unix knowledge to know why a command is postfixed "(1)", so I'd recommend mentioning this in the answer (perhaps in a footnote), rather than just in one of the comment threads.
The notation makes sense... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #292287 |
I notice that in several places the notation "git pull(1)" is used, which I do not understand. It makes me think of either a label or a footnote, but I can see no previous introduction of a label, nor a footnote at the end of the answer.
Is there some other meaning to the "(1)"? If so could this m... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291851 |
Post edited: Make new tag more specific |
— | 11 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #291851 |
Suggested edit: Make new tag more specific (more) |
helpful | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291850 |
Post edited: Replace the ambiguous word "fashion" |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #291850 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Should beginner-oriented Q&A here include basic use of a terminal (command line) for developers? Yes, tools used by developers are on topic here From the top of the front page (emphasis mine): > General Q&A about programming, scripting, software design & architecture, process, tools, testing, and more. Responses to the finer details of the question Understanding computers is not necess... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291757 |
Another option is to keep organic, naturally messier questions in the Q&A category, and have a separate category for more formal, documentation style articles.
Some Codidact communities already have a category for articles (which differ from questions in that they do not support answers, only comm... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #291047 |
The question author is seeking a way to be notified of answers to their questions. The only current options for subscribing by email are for new questions and interesting questions. There is not yet an option to be emailed when you have a personal notification. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #291041 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Email alerts for notifications This feature has not yet been implemented. However, there is a feature request on Codidact Meta that requests it for all communities. You (and anyone else who would like to see this) can add your vote and/or thoughts there. I would definitely use this feature myself if it were implemented. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #291040 |
Post edited: Typo |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #291040 |
Post edited: Mention that 2 line breaks are required but 1 still causes a similar problem |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #291040 | Initial revision | — | about 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Issue with the Monospace font What's wrong As Moshi's comment points out, single backticks only work for inline code (code that appears within a paragraph of other text, and contains no line breaks). The following raw text: > ```text > A paragraph with `inline code` showing. > ``` is rendered as: > A paragraph with... (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289261 |
No I doubt anyone is going to post an answer if they consider it dangerous, except perhaps on Code Golf... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289831 |
> Certain operators like the && and || in C guarantee a left-to-right evaluation and also that the evaluation stops if it finds that the result cannot be true.
It also stops if it finds that the result cannot be false (pedantic point since the sentence mentions `||`, not just `&&`). (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289698 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Tags are highlighting while my favourite tags is empty The problem mentioned in the question The original problem mentioned in the question is now fixed. If several users share a computer (or one person has several user accounts), the user who is currently signed in will be the one whose preferences are used. Previously, preferences were stored in th... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #289694 |
See also [How to best ask about algorithmic problems](https://software.codidact.com/posts/285461).
There the question of whether a programming language should be specified was a sub-question and didn't get much discussion. I'm glad it has now been asked as a separate question to allow more focused... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289695 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: codidact profile editing requires 30 characters but has no error message This has now been indirectly fixed for all Codidact communities by removing the minimum character requirement altogether. See Is there a reason for preventing user profile content being less than 30 characters? on Codidact Meta. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289655 |
Post edited: Formatting |
— | over 1 year ago |