# \[sub\] and \[sup\] aren't in the vB code page. Anyone know of other "secret" codes?

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-and-sup-arent-in-the-vb-code-page-anyone-know-of-other-secret-codes/20405/1 "2000-05-24T14:44:27Z")

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**[sub]{sub}[/sub] and [sup]{sup}[/sup] aren’t in the “vB code” page. Anyone know of other “secret” codes?**

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-and-sup-arent-in-the-vb-code-page-anyone-know-of-other-secret-codes/20405/2 "2000-05-24T16:09:07Z")

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My understanding is that with the vBulletin software it’s fairly easy to add the capability of HTML codes in posts, replacing the HTML tags \< and \> with [and].

Moderator manhattan had announced the availability of sup and sub when the software gurus added it as an enhancement to the SDMB’s copy of vBulletin. I haven’t seen any announcements of other HTML codes being added.

(A higher authority may come along to correct my post.)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-and-sup-arent-in-the-vb-code-page-anyone-know-of-other-secret-codes/20405/3 "2000-05-24T18:43:34Z")

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If that’s true, I cast my vote in favor of[ul][font face=“symbol”]p[/font][/ul]Unless somebody knows a better way to make the greek letter pi. I wanted a lower-case alpha this morning, and I couldn’t figure out how to do it.

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**Author:** ![Oat\_Willie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Oat\_Willie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat_Willie)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-and-sup-arent-in-the-vb-code-page-anyone-know-of-other-secret-codes/20405/4 "2000-05-24T19:14:04Z")

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I looked in my character map and couldn’t find omega, to spell my fraternity’s name.