# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/606 "2024-08-14T15:40:23Z")
> [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2253): > > But the HTML standard says browsers are _required_ to display multiple repeated ordinary space characters as if they were exactly one ordinary space character. So you never see them. You can force the visible double-spacing behavior by using space characters other than the basic one, but that’s a lot of extra keystrokes, like 10 or 12, for rather little result. Single spaces: > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam. Quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident. Sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Double spaces: > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.  Consectetur adipiscing elit.  Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.  Ut enim ad minim veniam.  Quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.  Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.  Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident.  Sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.  ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/607 "2024-08-14T17:14:12Z")
Believe me, I prefer to use, and to see, double spaces after periods. My documents, emails, and Dope posts are all written that way. It’s annoying to me that the HTML standard was written as it was. But I’m not willing to keystroke non-breaking space(s) at the end of every sentence to fight that standard. IOW, “period space space” is a very nice piece of muscle memory well-honed over 50 years of typing / keyboarding. “Period space ampersand n b s p semi-colon”? Not so much. YMMV of course. But that’s how I roll on this one. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/608 "2024-09-08T12:18:30Z")
Testing URLs ➜ [https://wimberleyglassart.com/](https://wimberleyglassart.com/) ⇦ ➜ [https://wimberleyglassart.com](https://wimberleyglassart.com) ⇦ ➜ [Online Dumbbell in USA](https://medicalproductssupply.com/xult-urethane-hex-dumbbell-pair-black-25-lb-special-order-with-12-to-16-week-lead-time.html?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADBC-x8k3nkfrrkB-UUz2lPrIZvqG&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvW2BhDyARIsADnIe-Kkhd1DzoVNSRXdTHKaiBLnwE3KexA97K4coLPvZgH5z2xG3u3GxZEaAphSEALw_wcB) ⇦ ➜ [Online Dumbbell in USA](https://medicalproductssupply.com/xult-urethane-hex-dumbbell-pair-black-25-lb-special-order-with-12-to-16-week-lead-time.html) ⇦ ➜ [https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56?g\_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy) ⇦ ➜ [https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56) ⇦ ➜ [Wimberley Glassworks - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=2c020ee0ead8757b&sca_upv=1&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIK5uVfjec_38B_jA63HIjyFs0e3bg%3A1725796316064&q=Wimberley%20Glassworks&ludocid=4150485006322007205&ibp=gwp%3B0%2C7&lsig=AB86z5X0IW4upMgaWen2UfMNTKFA&shndl=-1&shem=lsde%2Cvslcca&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm4%2F3) ⇦ ➜ [Wimberley Glassworks - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=2c020ee0ead8757b&sca_upv=1&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIK5uVfjec_38B_jA63HIjyFs0e3bg%3A1725796316064&q=Wimberley%20Glassworks) ⇦ I need to find out how to keep the actual URL, and not have it replaced by ‘helpful’ descriptors. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/609 "2024-09-08T12:42:23Z")
Above in this thread @engineer_comp_geek suggested using the Link button and putting the URL in as the title. So I’ll try that. Testing URLs ➜ [https://wimberleyglassart.com/](https://wimberleyglassart.com/) ⇦ ➜ [https://wimberleyglassart.com](https://wimberleyglassart.com) ⇦ ➜ [https://medicalproductssupply.com/xult-urethane-hex-dumbbell-pair-black-25-lb-special-order-with-12-to-16-week-lead-time.html?gad\_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADBC-x8k3nkfrrkB-UUz2lPrIZvqG&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvW2BhDyARIsADnIe-Kkhd1DzoVNSRXdTHKaiBLnwE3KexA97K4coLPvZgH5z2xG3u3GxZEaAphSEALw\_wcB](https://medicalproductssupply.com/xult-urethane-hex-dumbbell-pair-black-25-lb-special-order-with-12-to-16-week-lead-time.html?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADBC-x8k3nkfrrkB-UUz2lPrIZvqG&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlvW2BhDyARIsADnIe-Kkhd1DzoVNSRXdTHKaiBLnwE3KexA97K4coLPvZgH5z2xG3u3GxZEaAphSEALw_wcB) ⇦ ➜ [https://medicalproductssupply.com/xult-urethane-hex-dumbbell-pair-black-25-lb-special-order-with-12-to-16-week-lead-time.html](https://medicalproductssupply.com/xult-urethane-hex-dumbbell-pair-black-25-lb-special-order-with-12-to-16-week-lead-time.html) ⇦ ➜ [https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56?g\_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy) ⇦ ➜ [https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WNCXNEMJcekyCgV56) ⇦ ➜ [https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca\_esv=2c020ee0ead8757b&sca\_upv=1&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIK5uVfjec\_38B\_jA63HIjyFs0e3bg%3A1725796316064&q=Wimberley%20Glassworks&ludocid=4150485006322007205&ibp=gwp%3B0%2C7&lsig=AB86z5X0IW4upMgaWen2UfMNTKFA&shndl=-1&shem=lsde%2Cvslcca&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm4%2F3](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=2c020ee0ead8757b&sca_upv=1&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIK5uVfjec_38B_jA63HIjyFs0e3bg%3A1725796316064&q=Wimberley%20Glassworks&ludocid=4150485006322007205&ibp=gwp%3B0%2C7&lsig=AB86z5X0IW4upMgaWen2UfMNTKFA&shndl=-1&shem=lsde%2Cvslcca&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm4%2F3) ⇦ ➜ [https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca\_esv=2c020ee0ead8757b&sca\_upv=1&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIK5uVfjec\_38B\_jA63HIjyFs0e3bg%3A1725796316064&q=Wimberley%20Glassworks](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=2c020ee0ead8757b&sca_upv=1&hl=en-us&sxsrf=ADLYWIK5uVfjec_38B_jA63HIjyFs0e3bg%3A1725796316064&q=Wimberley%20Glassworks) ⇦ ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/610 "2024-09-08T12:42:51Z")
Success! A bit clunky, but it works. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/611 "2024-09-08T14:25:52Z")
What device and browser are you using? The “helpful formatting” is often a matter of your cut-and-paste operation bringing along a lot of data, such as oage title, that you can’t see, but the Discourse edit box can. I’m on my phone or I’d write you a treatise on URLs in Discourse. Maybe this afternoon. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/612 "2024-09-09T04:31:24Z")
iPhone 13, iOS v17.6.1, and I’m using the Safari browser. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/613 "2024-09-25T20:24:10Z")
\color{blue}\text{Test test test} \color{crimson}\text{More test test test} \color{green}\text{Still more test} \color{grey}\text{And STILL more test} ETA: well _ **that** _ didn’t work! What the . . . ? Tripler Is there a list of all the colors? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/614 "2024-09-25T20:50:23Z")
\color{blue}\text{Test test test} \color{crimson}\text{More test test test} \color{green}\text{Still more test} \color{grey}\text{And STILL more test} What you typed was perfectly well-formed MathML. What you missed was that to activate the MathML interpreter here in Discourse, you need to enclose the entire MathML blob in "$"s. Once I did that for each paragraph, your text looks like the above. You can use a single pair of "$"s around multiple paragraphs but only if there are no blank lines between them. This next example has a single pair of "$"s around all 4 lines with no blank lines between. OTOH, MathML ignores embedded carriage returns, so the result is a big run-on. \color{blue}\text{Test test test} \color{crimson}\text{More test test test} \color{green}\text{Still more test} \color{grey}\text{And STILL more test} Which is also why sometimes people get weird formatting in a paragraph with multiple “$”'s in it. To avoid triggering MathML mode just precede the “$” with a “\”. FYI, this is my favorite MathML playground. It make it real easy to build whatever you’re trying to build with lots of useful feedback: > **[Online Visual Math Editor for Latex and MathML](https://math-editor.online/)** > > Powerful online math editor supporting visual latex and mathml. Equation import, ocr, edit, share and export supported. As to which colors, I _suspect_ mathML will take any named HTML color and probably the various numeric or hex formats as well. See > **[Color Names — HTML Color Codes](https://htmlcolorcodes.com/color-names/)** > > HTML color names rule. Modern browsers support 140 HTML color names which we've listed here along with their Hex color codes and RGB values. ---
**Author:** ![Topologist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/topologist/32/3208_2.png) [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/615 "2024-09-25T21:03:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What you typed was perfectly well-formed MathML. Technical nitpick (the best kind of nitpick!): It’s not MathML but LaTeX format. MathML looks a lot more like HTML. If I remember correctly, behind the scenes MathJax is interpreting the LaTeX but it’s unlikely it’s turning it into MathML, as not enough browsers support it. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/616 "2024-09-25T21:06:19Z")
D’oh. You’re 100 right. Subsititute “LaTex” for “MathML” everywhere I wrote that word. In my defense, if you look at the playground I cited, it does both MathML & LaTex. Depending on a rather subtle setting toggle at the top. On which toggle I misread which mode was selected and which was unselected. D’oh! 🤦‍♂️ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/617 "2024-09-25T21:58:34Z")
In your post I’m seeing a yellow box with “Undefined control sequence \color” in red text four times. I suspect that’s not what I should be seeing. (Firefox on Win 10.) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/618 "2024-09-25T22:03:34Z")
Works fine for me. How about something simple, like \pi ? Or \LaTeX ? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/619 "2024-09-25T22:08:58Z")
That worked: I see the pi symbol and LATEX with the A superscripted above the L and the E subscripted. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/620 "2024-09-25T22:13:37Z")
Hmm. So it’s only the colors that don’t work for you, not inline Latex in general. But I’m on Firefox/Win10 as well and I see them just fine. What about a shift-F5 to reload the page without the cache? ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/621 "2024-09-25T22:18:35Z")
That didn’t work on my Dell laptop, but an ordinary refresh did, and now I see @LSLGuy’s colored text messages. Sorry for the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/622 "2024-09-25T22:28:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > What you typed was perfectly well-formed MathML. What you missed was that to activate the MathML interpreter here in Discourse, you need to enclose the entire MathML blob in "$"s. Once I did that for each paragraph, your text looks like the above. Hrm. . . so like _this_? \color{DarkKhaki}\text{Test test test testarooney} \color{crimson}\text{More test test test-a-palooza} \color{DarkOrchid}\text{Holy mackerel I think i'm getting the hang of this . . . } \color{OliveDrab}\text{Huzzah! Learning has been achieved!!} ```auto $\color{DarkKhaki}\text{Test test test testarooney}$ $\color{crimson}\text{More test test test-a-palooza}$ $\color{DarkOrchid}\text{Holy mackerel I think i'm getting the hang of this . . . }$ $\color{OliveDrab}\text{Huzzah! Learning has been achieved!!}$ ``` It looks like the link to the color codes work for naming the colors too! Thanks @LSLGuy !! Tripler Learning . . . _achieved!_ ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/623 "2024-09-25T23:17:09Z")
And only one inadvertent explosion. Hooray for that. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/624 "2024-09-26T04:38:15Z")
The old software used to support over 40 colors. I listed them in the other test thread, FYI: > **[Test Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/20)** > > \*\*SOME • COLORS • TO • BE • TESTED WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GRAY WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=COCOA WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BROWN WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CHOCOLATE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GOLD WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=FLESH WWWWW ➤ ★ ●... ---
**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:** [September 26, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/625 "2024-09-26T04:44:35Z")
Okay, I did list and test some colors upthread, in Feb 2024. I just needed to find it. I don’t know if these are all the supported colors. Here: > **[Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/492)** > > Colors. Discourse, with Mathjax plugin — \\color{black}{\\text {WWWWW: color=BLACK}} \\color{brown}{\\text {WWWWW: color=BROWN}} \\color{gray}{\\text {WWWWW: color=GRAY}} \\color{darkgray}{\\text {WWWWW: color=DARKGRAY}} \\color{lightgray}{\\text... Added: I also tested some colors here, in Jun 2022. Here: > **[Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/97)** > > Discourse, with Mathjax plugin — \\color{black}{\\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=BLACK}} \\color{brown}{\\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=BROWN}} \\color{gray}{\\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=GRAY}} \\color{darkgray}{\\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=32)