# 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:** ![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:** [April 9, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/81 "2022-04-09T16:05:55Z")

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Imgur test.

[[Album] Only 2 years away! ![](https://i.imgur.com/viHjrQu.jpeg?fb "Only 2 years away!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/TjYvDOR)

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**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:** [April 9, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/82 "2022-04-09T16:08:52Z")

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Imgur test 2. Better.

[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/Zpn88A9.png?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/BaCEJL3)

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**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:** [April 9, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/83 "2022-04-09T23:17:05Z")

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For what it’s worth, on my phone I strongly prefer the first one, not the second one that you said better to.

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**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:** [April 9, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/84 "2022-04-09T23:20:22Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> Imgur test.

Erm, my previous post is a reply to you, so I should have actually replied to you so you get the little notification. Now you will.

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**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:** [April 10, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/85 "2022-04-10T05:34:09Z")

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Hmmm, that’s interesting. Because on my iPhone the second was better. So that’s the one I put in the eclipse thread. Nice to know though.

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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/86 "2022-05-01T14:38:16Z")

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just checking to see what happens if I put [an image grabbed from google street view](https://goo.gl/maps/wwi9VTqTEgPkCApH7) into text without putting it on a separate line, either as a hyperlink or just by dropping the link into the middle of the text [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/wwi9VTqTEgPkCApH7) rather like this.

j

ETA they both work.

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**Author:** ![SacFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SacFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SacFly)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/87 "2022-05-04T18:01:32Z")

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Testing quote

> [@Treppenwitz](#):
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> just checking to see what happens if I put [an image grabbed from google street view](https://goo.gl/maps/wwi9VTqTEgPkCApH7) into text without putting it on a separate line, either as a hyperlink or just by dropping the link into the middle of the text [Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/wwi9VTqTEgPkCApH7) rather like this.
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> j
> 
> ETA they both work.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/88 "2022-05-04T18:03:03Z")

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> Blockquote

will just clicking blockquote work?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/89 "2022-05-04T18:03:59Z")

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> Blockquote

how about now?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
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> BlockquoteHmmm, that’s interesting. Because on my iPhone the second was better. So that’s the one I put in the eclipse thread. Nice to know though.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/91 "2022-05-04T18:08:13Z")

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> Blockquote

I give up

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**Author:** ![Bashorian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bashorian/32/3546_2.png) [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/92 "2022-06-01T00:35:17Z")

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post for activity

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**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:** [June 1, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/93 "2022-06-01T11:32:09Z")

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About the blur spoiler…

> [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2074):
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> A toady is a sycophant or henchman.
> 
> ETA: Yay! Figured out my spoiler issue. **You know how blur spoilers toggle on and off each time you click them? If you click it visible, edit the post and then save it, when discourse redraws the edited post it remembers the blur toggle state** and shows it visible, as if it weren’t working, instead of resetting to blurred like I would expect on a redraw.
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> Not a fan, but at least now I know how it works.

From the Wordle thread

> [@"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game/956604/2074):
>
> ETA: Yay! Figured out my spoiler issue. You know how blur spoilers toggle on and off each time you click them? If you click it visible, edit the post and then save it, when discourse redraws the edited post it remembers the blur toggle state and shows it visible, as if it weren’t working, instead of resetting to blurred like I would expect on a redraw. Not a fan, but at least now I know how it works.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/94 "2022-06-08T00:32:42Z")

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Does anyone know how to make colored text? There are a few use cases where I’d like to be able to put a word into a different color.

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**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:** [June 8, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/95 "2022-06-08T08:19:32Z")

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We used to be able to, before Discourse. I had an older test thread and this post used to have many different colors.

> [@Test Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/20):
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> \*\*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 ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=YELLOW WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=ORANGE WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CORAL WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=SALMON WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=SCARLET WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=RED WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=NAVY WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=BLUE WWWWW ➤ ★ …

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/96 "2022-06-08T10:30:55Z")

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Discourse doesn’t support different text colors. There are a couple of tricks that you can play but I don’t think the colors that result are consistent between themes. The old vBulletin codes won’t work.

We do have the Mathjax plugin installed here, so you can use its color formatting.

\color{red}{\text {This is how you make red text, for example.}} \color{blue}{\text {Or blue.}}

$\color{red}{\text {put your text here}}$ to make red text. Change “red” to a different color as desired.

Available color names are black, blue, brown, cyan, darkgray, gray, green, lightgray, lime, magenta, olive, orange, pink, purple, red, teal, violet, white, yellow.

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**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:** [June 8, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/97 "2022-06-08T13:11:17Z")

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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 {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=LIGHTGRAY}}  
\color{white}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=WHITE}}  
\color{yellow}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=YELLOW}}  
\color{blue}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=BLUE}}  
\color{teal}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=TEAL}}  
\color{cyan}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=CYAN}}  
\color{olive}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=OLIVE}}  
\color{green}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=GREEN}}  
\color{lime}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=LIME}}  
\color{orange}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=ORANGE}}  
\color{magenta}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=MAGENTA}}  
\color{pink}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=PINK}}  
\color{red}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=RED}}  
\color{violet}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=VIOLET}}  
\color{purple}{\text {WWWWW ➤ ★ ● ◆ ✚ ▓ ∎ ⬛: COLOR=PURPLE}}

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**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:** [June 8, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/98 "2022-06-08T13:11:42Z")

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Thanks ECG! 🙂

ETA — note, a slight change is needed from what ECG wrote:

the last two characters are }$, not \$.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/99 "2022-06-08T15:52:10Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> the last two characters are }$, not $.

Thanks. I fixed it in my post in case anyone copies it from there.

ETA: I also fixed yellow in your post. It had the color set to white (copy and paste error, I assume).

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**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:** [June 8, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/100 "2022-06-08T17:19:49Z")

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And thank you too. I checked my notes and it was a c&p error. I corrected it there too.

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