# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/446 "2023-12-01T09:40:05Z")
ax^2 + bx + c = 0 ⇨ x = (-b ± \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac})/2a How do I get the ax^2? Paging @Dr.Strangelove … ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/447 "2023-12-01T09:47:13Z")
Something like this? ax^2 + bx + c = 0 \implies x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} `$ax^2 + bx + c = 0 \implies x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}$` Just make sure the whole thing is surrounded with $ $. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/448 "2023-12-01T09:54:44Z")
Very nice. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/449 "2023-12-01T09:57:41Z")
Sure thing. BTW, there are some decent online editors you can use, such as: > **[Online LaTeX Equation Editor - create, integrate and download](https://latex.codecogs.com/eqneditor/editor.php)** > > HTML LaTeX equation editor that creates graphical equations (gif, png, swf, pdf, emf). Produces code for directly embedding equations into HTML websites, forums or blogs. Images may also be dragged into other applications like Word. Open source and... Just paste the result in $ $ delimiters and you should be good to go. Occasionally you may find some unsupported functions since what we have here isn’t a perfect \LaTeX implementation, but it’s pretty good for most stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/450 "2023-12-05T11:56:10Z")
testing ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/451 "2023-12-06T23:39:19Z")
Testing spoilers in polls Spoiled > **Summary** > > Hidden Test Poll _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/451))_ ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/452 "2023-12-11T00:53:14Z")
test [img] [light1.jpg (450×316) (camgo-campervan.com)](https://camgo-campervan.com/images/light1.jpg) [/img] ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/453 "2023-12-11T00:53:37Z")
[light1.jpg (450×316) (camgo-campervan.com)](https://camgo-campervan.com/images/light1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/454 "2023-12-11T00:58:24Z")
If you’re trying to embed it, it has to be just a bare link to the image file, which has to be at the end of your post, and you have to immediately post after entering it, before discourse processes a preview. And then you can never edit it. [![](https://camgo-campervan.com/images/light1.jpg) ](https://camgo-campervan.com/images/light1.jpg) EDIT: Testing the above rules by editing this post, and putting the edit text after the picture. I did this by removing the image URL while making my changes, and now I’m going to press save edit immediately after pasting the image URL back in. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/455 "2023-12-11T01:01:13Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/456 "2023-12-11T01:14:20Z")
Images don’t have all those issues that vids do. URL on line by itself, and a URL to a bare JPG, PNG, or GIF is all you need. **Everything** else is immaterial. Text above or below, edits, previews, etc? None of that matters. Vids are fussier, but that’s a different thread. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/457 "2023-12-11T01:34:12Z")
I think I knew that but forgot. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/458 "2023-12-11T07:39:45Z")
It’s very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/459 "2023-12-21T16:06:57Z")
[test](https://boards.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/460 "2023-12-22T21:49:38Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SXjv_jVDZNU/maxresdefault.jpg "#NKBAPerfectPairs: Cecil Adams + Denise McGaha") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXjv_jVDZNU) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/461 "2023-12-24T18:04:04Z")
If I copy and paste a block of text from MS Word that includes lines with a leading tab (or a margin indent), they don’t indent in a post here. Line number 1 Line number 2 This line starts with a tab. Line number 4 In the compose window, these lines looked like this: ``` Line number 1 Line number 2 This line starts with a tab. Line number 4 ``` Is there a character or string I can put into the Word doc so that the indent will show up when I paste it into a post here? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/462 "2023-12-24T18:28:38Z")
8 spaces? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/463 "2023-12-24T18:42:50Z")
No, if you try to paste a line with up to three leading spaces, Discourse ignores them. With four or more it treats the line as pre-formatted text. ``` This is a test. ``` ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/464 "2023-12-24T19:15:15Z")
You can use `"hyphen"` The first indent needs just `"hyphen"` Subsequent indents need 2 spaces extra at the start… Eg, ```auto Line 1 - Line 2 - Line 3 - Line 4 - Line 5 Line 6 ``` Gives Line 1 - Line 2 - Line 3 - Line 4 - Line 5 Line 6 Not ideal, you get the bullet symbol things, but better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/465 "2023-12-24T19:27:57Z")
Just remembered this … bit of a faff doing it in Word, but you can use a table. (Here’s a table example ```auto | Col A | Col B | Col C| |---|---|---| | A1 | B1 | C1 | | A2 | B2 |C2 | ``` gives | Col A | Col B | Col C | | --- | --- | --- | | A1 | B1 | C1 | | A2 | B2 | C2 | | ) | | | To get the indent effect, use blank table cells, you still need the header line and the line below ```auto |||| |---|---|---| |Line 1||| || Line 2 || |||Line 3| ``` gives | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Line 1 | | | | | Line 2 | | | | | Line 3 | (I don’t know why some of the vertical lines are slanted in the quotes, they’re all vertical !!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=24)