# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736>\
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**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")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
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Now, now, no need to give in. Just hold firm and insist that it was always somebody else’s fault. Humility has no place in this game.  
😉

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**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)\
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**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)\
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Feel free to vote in these polls I’m creating, I’d like to see how they look with some responses.

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**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)\
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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
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List

Fhytre hg  
Sdurrt  
Chdrus hhjiu  
Nbhg gg

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
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My posts are all suddenly formatting with double spacing.

I cannot figure out how to revert back to single spacing.

This just happened this evening.

Edit: Somehow the Markdown Editor switched itself  
to a different setting and I fixed it!

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**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/958 "2026-01-14T22:49:46Z")

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Posting an image…will it work?

> **[tat3 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/zVRfhXLm)**
>
> Image tat3 hosted on ImgBB

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
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Image posting at [https://postimg.cc/](https://postimg.cc/)

[![](https://i.postimg.cc/vHGJxW8S/C360-2011-02-19-11-48-13.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/vHGJxW8S/C360-2011-02-19-11-48-13.jpg)

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**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)\
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Oooh, pretty!

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**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)\
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WTF ?  
What’s happened to MathJax ?  
Previously entered examples work still, but new ones don’t.  
Eg,  
Before:

> [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6494):
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> Wordle 1,676 4/6\*

After:

> [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6509):
>
> Wordle 1,677 4/6\* ? What’s up with MathJax ?

I guess it has something to do with this:

> **[A new release of Discourse Math](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-release-of-discourse-math/393633)**
>
> I am very happy to announce a major upgrade to our Discourse Math plugin! Special thanks goes to @mcmcclur who helped test and build much of the new and upgraded discourse-math. This is a very significant change – we upgraded all the way from...

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**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:** [January 21, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/962 "2026-01-21T14:33:46Z")

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a = b

x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}

Works for me. I suspect you need to refresh your browser cache of something.

FYI, it’s been common all along that a quote containing some LaTex / MathJax comes out as a mess. Going to the quoted post renders it normally. But the content inside the indented quote box in your post is a mess.

ETA: Some testing shows that included line / paragraph breaks seem to be the problem. IOW this works:  
$x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$  
to render this:  
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}

but this:  
$  
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}  
$  
renders as  
$  
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}  
$

  

Here’s your 2nd wordle redone by removing all the line breaks:

\begin{aligned}&\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px olid lack]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\\&\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px olid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid lack]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\\&\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px olid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid lack]{\texttt P}\\&\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid lack]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\\\end{aligned}

MathJax has always been a little weird about embedded line breaks. It seems they’ve solved the weirdness by prohibiting them completely.

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**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)\
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Hmmm.  
Looks a bit shaky.  
I refreshed my browser cache but that didn’t help.

Wordle 1,677 4/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

?  
That’s better (the “Q” always buggered it up !). But the align now  
doesn’t align left.

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**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:** [January 21, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/964 "2026-01-21T18:08:33Z")

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E=mc^2

The _best_ equation!

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
>
> but this:  
> $  
> x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}  
> $  
> renders as  
> $  
> x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}  
> $

For inline you only need one $. For multi-line, use $$.

Here’s your example  
Code:

```auto
$$
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}
$$

```

Rendered:

x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}

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**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:** [January 21, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/966 "2026-01-21T18:26:17Z")

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Col, thanks. That also solves @pjd’s problem. Here’s his as originally posted but with double $ delimiters instead of single $ delimiters:

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned}

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I’d worked out the $$ bit, but the left align now doesn’t work.  
Also doesn’t explain how previous entries in the Wordle thread  
render correctly but new ones don’t.

Ah…  
\begin{aligned}&\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\\\end{aligned}  
That works, but only with all the code inline (ie with single $).  
Looks messy though.

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**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:** [January 22, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/968 "2026-01-22T11:03:20Z")

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Sorted.

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

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**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)\
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Cool! Congrats! What trick(s) did you learn that the rest of us might find helpful?

It seems the descender on the Q still messes with MathJax’s head. Oh well; there’s always something.

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**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)\
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None really !  
I think there should be some new alignment syntax that would get it  
left justified but I couldn’t work them out - I just kept tweaking it until  
it looked ok.

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