# 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:** 9
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/161 "2022-09-14T01:37:46Z")
Testing new discourse/reddit style tables for my fantasy football rankings. I could just do it in a preview window but I need to post in order to check the width on my phone. > **Week 1 Actual Scores** > > SDMB-Dynasty League - Week 1 > > | Week 1 | Actual | Season | Actual | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | 1. Peteys | 146.59 | 1. Peteys | 146.59 | > | 2. Ellis | 144.45 | 2. Ellis | 144.45 | > | 3. Hamlet | 132.00 | 3. Hamlet | 132.00 | > | 4. Jules | 127.00 | 4. Jules | 127.00 | > | 5. RNATB | 121.25 | 5. RNATB | 121.25 | > | 6. Gaffer | 103.50 | 6. Gaffer | 103.50 | > | 7. Beef | 101.55 | 7. Beef | 101.55 | > | 8. Retro | 100.20 | 8. Retro | 100.20 | > | 9. Justin | 95.51 | 9. Justin | 95.51 | > | 10. Omni | 83.95 | 10. Omni | 83.95 | > | 11. Mundi | 79.80 | 11. Mundi | 79.80 | > | 12. dale | 79.50 | 12. dale | 79.50 | > > | Week 1 | Actual | Season | Actual | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | 1. Peteys | 11-0 | 1. Peteys | 11-0 | > | 2. Ellis | 10-1 | 2. Ellis | 10-1 | > | 3. Hamlet | 9-2 | 3. Hamlet | 9-2 | > | 4. Jules | 8-3 | 4. Jules | 8-3 | > | 5. RNATB | 7-4 | 5. RNATB | 7-4 | > | 6. Gaffer | 6-5 | 6. Gaffer | 6-5 | > | 7. Beef | 5-6 | 7. Beef | 5-6 | > | 8. Retro | 4-7 | 8. Retro | 4-7 | > | 9. Justin | 3-8 | 9. Justin | 3-8 | > | 10. Omni | 2-9 | 10. Omni | 2-9 | > | 11. Mundi | 1-10 | 11. Mundi | 1-10 | > | 12. dale | 0-11 | 12. dale | 0-11 | . > **Week 1 Potential Scores** > > | Week 1 | Potential | Season | Potential | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | 1. Ellis | 186.80 | 1. Ellis | 186.80 | > | 2. Gaffer | 168.05 | 2. Gaffer | 168.05 | > | 3. Peteys | 164.81 | 3. Peteys | 164.81 | > | 4. Hamlet | 154.80 | 4. Hamlet | 154.80 | > | 5. Jules | 152.10 | 5. Jules | 152.10 | > | 6. RNATB | 143.87 | 6. RNATB | 143.87 | > | 7. Beef | 133.85 | 7. Beef | 133.85 | > | 8. Retro | 130.25 | 8. Retro | 130.25 | > | 9. Justin | 127.45 | 9. Justin | 127.45 | > | 10. dale | 113.39 | 10. dale | 113.39 | > | 11. Omni | 112.18 | 11. Omni | 112.18 | > | 12. Mundi | 107.70 | 12. Mundi | 107.70 | > > | Week 1 | Potential | Rnk Season | Potential | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | 1. Ellis | 11-0 | 1. Ellis | 11-0 | > | 2. Gaffer | 10-1 | 2. Gaffer | 10-1 | > | 3. Peteys | 9-2 | 3. Peteys | 9-2 | > | 4. Hamlet | 8-3 | 4. Hamlet | 8-3 | > | 5. Jules | 7-4 | 5. Jules | 7-4 | > | 6. RNATB | 6-5 | 6. RNATB | 6-5 | > | 7. Beef | 5-6 | 7. Beef | 5-6 | > | 8. Retro | 4-7 | 8. Retro | 4-7 | > | 9. Justin | 3-8 | 9. Justin | 3-8 | > | 10. dale | 2-9 | 10. dale | 2-9 | > | 11. Omni | 1-10 | 11. Omni | 1-10 | > | 12. Mundi | 0-11 | 12. Mundi | 0-11 | . > **Week 1 Coaching Grades** > > | Week 1 | | | Season | | | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | 1. Peteys | 89% | B+ | 1. Peteys | 89% | B+ | > | 2. Hamlet | 85% | B | 2. Hamlet | 85% | B | > | 3. RNATB | 84% | B | 3. RNATB | 84% | B | > | 4. Jules | 83% | B | 4. Jules | 83% | B | > | 5. Ellis | 77% | C+ | 5. Ellis | 77% | C+ | > | 6. Retro | 77% | C | 6. Retro | 77% | C | > | 7. Beef | 76% | C | 7. Beef | 76% | C | > | 8. Justin | 75% | C | 8. Justin | 75% | C | > | 9. Omni | 75% | C | 9. Omni | 75% | C | > | 10. Mundi | 74% | C | 10. Mundi | 74% | C | > | 11. dale | 70% | C- | 11. dale | 70% | C- | > | 12. Gaffer | 62% | D- | 12. Gaffer | 62% | D- | I wish I could put just a single blank line between details boxes. I also wish I could add a single column header spanning two columns for the coaching grades. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/162 "2022-09-14T05:10:19Z")
Testing text colors, ideally using the same font as regular text. (All questions are rhetorical.) Testing `${\color{blue}blue text}$` inline Testing {\color{blue}Blue text} inline First off, what happened to my space? Why is it capitalized? And why the italics? At least it’s blue. Testing `${\color{blue}\text{blue text}}$` inline Testing {\color{blue}\text{blue text}} inline Got my space back, capitalization is preserved, and no bold or italics, just regular text. That’s progress, but it’s the wrong font. That looks roman to me. Can I change the font, I wonder? Testing `${\textrm{Roman font}}$` inline Testing {\textrm{Roman font}} inline Testing `${\texttt{Typewriter font}}$` inline Testing {\texttt{Typewriter font}} inline Hey, that’s courier, or at least it’s fixed space. That could come in handy someday. Testing `${\textsf{Sans Serif font}}$` inline Testing {\textsf{Sans Serif font}} inline So close! This may be the closest we get. Testing `${\textstyle{Style}}$` inline Testing {\textstyle{Style}} inline Okay, that looks like the default math font, I guess. It’s the same as my first example where no font info is specified, only color. So using sans serif we could add some {\color{blue}\textsf{blue text}} or {\color{red}\textsf{red text}} or {\color{green}\textsf{green text}} and even though it’s not exactly the same as the default discourse font, it’s pretty close. Let’s check the sizing: `add some ${\color{blue}\textsf{blue text}}$ or ${\color{red}\textsf{red text}}$ or ${\color{green}\textsf{green text}}$ and even` add some {\color{blue}\textsf{blue text}} or {\color{red}\textsf{red text}} or {\color{green}\textsf{green text}} and even add some blue text or red text or green text and even Yeah, noticeably wider, clearly a different font. Still, close enough! So, for colored text that blends in, use the \color command to set the color and then the \textsf command to print the text: `this is ${\color{magenta}\textsf{magenta text}}$ inline` this is {\color{magenta}\textsf{magenta text}} inline Learned my something new for the day. Apologies if this is duplicate info from earlier in the thread. And finally, the list of natively supported colors (according to [this page on overleaf.com](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Using_colours_in_LaTeX)) are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet white, lightgray, gray, darkgray, black brown, cyan, lime, magenta, olive, pink, purple, teal Can’t resist: {\color{red}\textsf{red}},{\color{orange}\textsf{orange}}, {\color{yellow}\textsf{yellow}}, {\color{green}\textsf{green}}, {\color{blue}\textsf{blue}}, {\color{violet}\textsf{violet}} {\color{white}\textsf{white}},{\color{lightgray}\textsf{lightgray}},{\color{gray}\textsf{gray}},{\color{darkgray}\textsf{darkgray}},{\color{black}\textsf{black}} {\color{brown}\textsf{brown}},{\color{cyan}\textsf{cyan}},{\color{lime}\textsf{lime}},{\color{magenta}\textsf{magenta}},{\color{olive}\textsf{olive}},{\color{pink}\textsf{pink}},{\color{purple}\textsf{purple}},{\color{teal}\textsf{teal}} Looks like it forces a space before and after the colored text, so try not to have any punctuation after it. And it wouldn’t do rainbow lettering very well, where each letter is a different color. Otherwise, sure, this works fine. Nice. EDIT: Now checking on my phone, all the colored text is noticeably smaller than the regular text. On my computer, the colored text was just slightly larger than regular text. I’m assuming I’ve set different text size on my computer versus on my phone for the boards, and that the mathjax text ignores that sizing. Still, works fine for my specific application at least. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/163 "2022-09-14T05:43:40Z")
| Week 1 | Actual | Season | Actual | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Peteys {\color{green}\textsf{+3}} | 146.59 | 1. Peteys {\color{green}\textsf{+1}} | 146.59 | | 2. Ellis {\color{red}\textsf{-5}} | 144.45 | 2. Ellis {\color{red}\textsf{-2}} | 144.45 | Not quite as nice as I was hoping. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/164 "2022-09-17T03:03:13Z")
Testing ~~red text~~ with ‘del’ tags and green text with ‘ins’ tags. | Week 1 | Actual | Season | Actual | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Peteys +3 | 146.59 | 1. Peteys +1 | 146.59 | | 2. Ellis ~~-5~~ | 144.45 | 2. Ellis ~~-2~~ | 144.45 | So close! Is there a way to do just the coloring of delete and insert tags without the strikethru / underline lines? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/165 "2022-09-17T13:24:08Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Is there a way to do just the coloring of delete and insert tags without the strikethru / underline lines? An easy way to color text? Who would want that? I mean it’s not like endless scrolling! ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/166 "2022-09-17T17:25:45Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4mLKlfR.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/4mLKlfR) Good job, but how’d you do it? Putting the image links into the poll choices didn’t work the way I wanted. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/167 "2022-09-17T18:10:21Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Is there a way to do just the coloring of delete and insert tags without the strikethru / underline lines? Found one more: Testing `highlight text` inline Testing highlight text inline ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/168 "2022-09-17T23:38:48Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > Good job, but how’d you do it? [poll type=regular] \* ![IMAGE]([https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/15/10/4f/15104f78cb83e3cefaf63ecc718a2a43.jpg)) \* ![IMAGE]([https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5\_2zexl/styles/communityIcon\_dv2ks8krg3561.png](https://styles.redditmedia.com/t5_2zexl/styles/communityIcon_dv2ks8krg3561.png)) [/poll] ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/169 "2022-09-23T14:01:46Z")
Post for activity. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/170 "2022-09-29T18:33:54Z")
Reply test, no quote. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/171 "2022-10-01T16:04:19Z")
Testing embedding a video image. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8nVxAJEeviE/hqdefault.jpg "O Brother Where Art Thou (2000) - Convicts record a song at a radio broadcast center funny scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVxAJEeviE) Wow, nothing to it. It was simple so it flummoxed me. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/172 "2022-10-02T21:15:59Z")
~~_ **strikethrough!** _~~ ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/173 "2022-10-06T00:46:32Z")
Link on line. Here’s hoping I remember this simple thing next time. > **[How Rammed Earth Walls are Built](https://www.archdaily.com/933353/how-rammed-earth-walls-are-built)** > > Working with rammed earth requires a strong understanding of the climate and location in which the structure is to be built. how to build with this material? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/174 "2022-10-06T02:55:08Z")
Personally, I say that \small{\textsf{small sans serif}} is the best. It’s technically the same font size, albeit a different font. For numbers it would probably look perfectly fine. With my tweaker script, I actually changed small sans to map to the same font as the plain text, so I can’t check for sure. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/175 "2022-10-06T03:42:49Z")
Hmmm. Small is good. I might try that. Thanks much! ETA: It’s the same textsf I tried up thread. It actually renders slightly larger than regular text on my computer screen, but much smaller here on my phone. At least your inline text example. In the tables it’s the opposite: a little smaller on my computer screen, but a little bigger here on my phone. I posted the proof of concept above in post 163. > [@EllisDee](#): > > | Week 1 | Actual | Season | Actual | > | --- | --- | --- | --- | > | 1. Peteys {\color{green}\textsf{+3}} +3{\color{green}\textsf{+3}} | 146.59 | 1. Peteys {\color{green}\textsf{+1}} +1{\color{green}\textsf{+1}} | 146.59 | > | 2. Ellis {\color{red}\textsf{-5}} -5{\color{red}\textsf{-5}} | 144.45 | 2. Ellis {\color{red}\textsf{-2}} -2{\color{red}\textsf{-2}} | 144.45 | > > Not quite as nice as I was hoping. Doesn’t appear to quote very well. That may be all tables, though. Also, the broken codes here remind me that there is something to be said for the uncluttered simplicity of plain text. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/176 "2022-10-06T05:06:16Z")
Finally! {\color{blue}{(...)}} A way to clearly mark text I’ve edited, with a mouse over! ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/177 "2022-10-09T23:48:02Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/177))_ Well that didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/178 "2022-10-10T00:15:31Z")
If I don’t put parentheses around the image URLs, it just shows the image link but not the image. If I do put parentheses around the URL, when I try to post it says “Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post”. Tried Imgur and Postimage, both fail. (But Imgur usually works in non-poll posts. I think. Or is it the other one? I forget.) Okay, I’ll try using direct links. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/179 "2022-10-10T00:23:30Z")
Still no good. No good, no good, no good. Using Chrome. Oh, and I added the asterisk+space in front of ![IMAGE], which I somehow missed doing two posts above. I will now paste Engineer comp geek’s code into this one and see what happens. It seemingly worked before, but now it doesn’t _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/179))_ Nothing. What? Now opened with Safari. Still no dice. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/180 "2022-10-10T01:28:30Z")
Someone did it successfully upthread. If you find it and quote it, you’ll see how it’s done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=10)