Entering and Enhancing Forum Posts

[_jims]

The Keyboard Maestro forum is built on the Discourse platform. Many forums are built using Discourse, but all differ some depending on the configuration, which can include Discourse Plugins.

The purpose of this post is to list the syntax that can be used within the posts of this forum.

If you use the information below, you will find that your posts will be more attractive and easier for others to comprehend.

Each folding section includes one or more syntaxes. For each entry there will be some monospaced text with faint shaded background. This is the syntax that is used when composing a forum entry. Immediately below the shaded area will be the corresponding appearance (a.k.a. render) of that monospaced text.

If I've missed anything, please use the forum editor to confirm the oversight and then comment below. I will update this post accordingly.

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Bold; Italic; Strikethrough

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**Bold Method 1**
__Bold Method 2__

Bold Method 1
Bold Method 2

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*Italic Method 1*
_Italic Method 2_

Italic Method 1
Italic Method 2

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***Bold Italic Method 1***
_**Bold Italic Method 2**_

Bold Italic Method 1
Bold Italic Method 2

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~~Strikethrough~~

Strikethrough

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Text Highlighting: Yellow; Green & Underline; Red & Strikethrough

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<mark>yellow background</mark>

yellow background

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<ins>green background, underline</ins>

green background, underline

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<del>red background, strikethrough</del>

red background, strikethrough

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Blockquote; Quote; Discourse Quote

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> Blockquote **level 1**
>> Blockquote *level 2*

Blockquote level 1

Blockquote level 2

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[quote]
### Heading 3
  **Bold** *Italic*
[/quote]

Heading 3

Bold Italic

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[quote="_jims, post:1, topic:33797"]
One possible application...
[/quote]

@_jims

One possible application...

Discourse Quotes (see above): When selecting text within a forum post, a popup will appear with a Quote button. If the button is clicked, a new post will be opened in the thread and a Discource Quote (DQ) will be automatically entered. That quote can be manually copied within the new post and the copy can be modified to emphasis the portion of the original post that the subsequent text will be addressing. In addiition, while in the forum editor, text from other posts can be selected to initiate other Quote popups. That way, multiple posts within a thread can be addressed within one new post.

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Code; Fenced Code Block

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This text is some `code123` within another element (in this case, a paragraph).

This text is some code123 within another element (in this case, a paragraph).

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    text with 4-space (or tab) prefix

text with 4-space (or tab) prefix

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```applescript
tell application "Keyboard Maestro.app"
    version
end tell
```

tell application "Keyboard Maestro.app"
    version
end tell

Supported Code Syntaxes: applescript, awk, bash, cpp, css, diff, http, javascript, json, makefile, markdown, objectivec, perl, plaintext or text, python, ruby, sql, swift, xml

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Horizontal Rule; Keyboard Key; Forum Username

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<kbd>esc</kbd>

esc

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@_jims

@_jims

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Heading 1 to Heading 5

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# Heading 1

Heading 1

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## Heading 2

Heading 2

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### Heading 3

Heading 3

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#### Heading 4

Heading 4

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##### Heading 5

Heading 5

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Unordered List

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- Item I
- Item II

• Item I
• Item II

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- Item A
  - Item A1
    - Item A1a
- Item B
  - Item B1
    - Item B1a

• Item A
  • Item A1
    • Item A1a
• Item B
  • Item B1
    • Item B1a

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- Item I

- Item II

• Item I

• Item II

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- Item A

  - Item A1

    - Item A1a

- Item B

  - Item B1

    - Item B1a

• Item A

  • Item A1

    • Item A1a

• Item B

  • Item B1

    • Item B1a

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Ordered List

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1. Item 1
1. Item 2
1. Item 3

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3

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9. Item 9
1. Item 10
1. Item 11

9. Item 9
10. Item 10
11. Item 11

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1. Item 1
   1. Item 1-1
   1. Item 1-2
1. Item 2
   1. Item 2-1
      1. Item 2-1-1
      1. Item 2-1-2
   1. Item 2-2
1. Item 3
1. Item 4

1. Item 1
   1. Item 1-1
   2. Item 1-2
2. Item 2
   1. Item 2-1
      1. Item 2-1-1
      2. Item 2-1-2
   2. Item 2-2
3. Item 3
4. Item 4

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9. Item 9

1. Item 10

1. Item 11

9. Item 9

10. Item 10

11. Item 11

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3. Item 3

   1. Item 3-1
   1. Item 3-2

1. Item 4

   1. Item 4-1
      1. Item 4-1-1
      1. Item 4-1-2
   1. Item 4-2

3. Item 3

   1. Item 3-1
   2. Item 3-2

4. Item 4

   1. Item 4-1
      1. Item 4-1-1
      2. Item 4-1-2
   2. Item 4-2

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Mixed List; Ordered List w/ Letters (via HTML)

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9. Item 9
   - Item 9A
   - Item 9B
     - Item 9B1
1. Item 10

9. Item 9
   • Item 9A
   • Item 9B
     • Item 9B1
10. Item 10

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<ol type="A">
 <li>Item A</li>
 <li>Item B</li>
 <li>Item C</li>
</ol>

1. Item A
2. Item B
3. Item C

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<ol type="a">
 <li>Item A</li>
 <li>Item B</li>
 <li>Item C</li>
</ol>

1. Item a
2. Item b
3. Item c

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Tables

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| Syntax | Description |
| --- | ----------- |
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |

Syntax	Description
Header	Title
Paragraph	Text

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| Tables   |      Are      |  Cool |
|----------|:-------------:|------:|
| col 1 is |  left-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is |    centered   |   $12 |
| col 3 is | right-aligned |    $1 |

Tables	Are	Cool
col 1 is	left-aligned	$1600
col 2 is	centered	$12
col 3 is	right-aligned	$1

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Markdown Tables Generator

https://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables

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Link; Image

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[Apple website](https://apple.com)

Apple website

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![alt text](image.jpg)

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Folding Section

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[details=Not Much ( expand / collapse )]
One line of text.

[/details]

Not Much ( expand / collapse )

One line of text.

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[details=Mixed Content ( expand / collapse )]
# Header 1

```bash
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello! What's your name?"
read name
echo "Nice to meet you, $name!"
```

- Item 1
  - Item 1a
- Item 2

[/details]

Mixed Content ( expand / collapse )

Header 1

#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello! What's your name?"
read name
echo "Nice to meet you, $name!"

• Item 1
  • Item 1a
• Item 2

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Footnote

This sentence includes two footnotes: one here[^1] and another here[^2].

[^2]: The second footnote.

* When composing, footnotes can be entered anywhere in the post; the editor preview, however, will display the footnotes at the end of the post.

* Once a post is submitted, footnotes will be rendered like a tooltip adjacent to the referring text. The contents appear when the footnote marker is clicked, however, not on hover as with traditional tooltips.

* Text identifiers (no spaces or tabs) can also be used.[^one_more]

[^1]: The first footnote.
[^one_more]: The final footnote.

This sentence includes two footnotes: one here^[1] and another here^[2].

• When composing, footnotes can be entered anywhere in the post; the editor preview, however, will display the footnotes at the end of the post.

• Once a post is submitted, footnotes will be rendered like a tooltip adjacent to the referring text. The contents appear when the footnote marker is clicked, however, not on hover as with traditional tooltips.

• Text identifiers (no spaces or tabs) can also be used.^[3]

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Emoji

:smile:   :sweat_smile:   :nerd_face:   :thinking:   :scream:
:cold_sweat:   :person_shrugging:
:+1:   :clap:   :heavy_check_mark: 
:pushpin:   :no_entry_sign: 

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github markdown emoji markup

https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908

Alternatively, you can enter an emoji character as if you are using any other editor. On macOS, pressing ⌃⌘+space (or Fn+e) will bring up an emoji entry window.

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Related Information

Note: Not all information within these references is supported by the Keyboard Maestro forum.

Extended Markdown

https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax

Extended Markdown

https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax

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If you'd like a macro to make if easier/faster to enter some of the above syntax, check out: Augment or Filter Text

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1. The first footnote. ↩︎

2. The second footnote. ↩︎

3. The final footnote. ↩︎

[maesterious]

oooh

neat

Thanks for this!

[a few edits later] Hey, a little update: for keyboard key formatting, "kbrd" seems to have evolved to "kbd", e.g.:

from:

<kbrd>esc</kbrd>

to:

<kbd>esc</kbd>

thx

[tiffle]

It's <kbd> and </kbd>...

[Nige_S]

@_jims

1. Item A
a. Item A1
b. Item A2

2. Item B
a. Item B1
b. Item B2

While this works here for display purposes, these aren't actually nested ordered lists so may catch out other processors.

True ordered lists begin with a number, are self-numbering based on the first item, and can be nested by preceding with 3+ spaces:

3. Item A
  1. Item A1
  1. Item A2
1. Item B
  1. Item B1
  3. Item B2
  2. Item B3

3. Item A
   1. Item A1
   2. Item A2
4. Item B
   1. Item B1
   2. Item B2
   3. Item B3

[kevinb]

I missed this useful post the first time around so I am glad to see it now.

@_jims

If I've missed anything, please use the forum editor to confirm the oversight and then comment below.

Since the date of that post, Discourse has provided support for Markdown footnotes (I used them before that but they would appear as raw text).

Here is an example of using footnotes in the post editor.

This text has a footnote attached.[^1] Some more text.

Some more text with another footnote attached.[^2]

The post continues...

[^1]: The first footnote.
[^2]: The second.

That example is rendered as follows.

This text has a footnote attached.^[1] Some more text.

Some more text with another footnote attached.^[2]

The post continues...

Once posted, the footnotes appear like tooltips. In the editor (including its preview pane), they appear, conventionally, at the bottom.

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1. The first footnote. ↩︎

2. The second. ↩︎

[_jims]

Thanks, @maesterious, @tiffle, and @Nige_S. I've updated the OP.

[_jims]

Thanks, @kevinb; I've updated the OP.

[kevinb]

@_jims

The body of the post continues...

That line is out of place but could just be deleted.

[_jims]

Is it really out of place? Isn’t the point of having it there to illustrate that when composing the post one can enter…

[^1]: The first footnote.
[^2]: The seconds footnote.

… anywhere in the text?

Maybe I’m overlooking something; I’ve not used a footnote until now.

[kevinb]

Although footnotes do not have to entered at the end of the text, that is where they are traditionally found, so I think it may help a reader's comprehension to see them entered after "The body of the post continues..."

I would suggest the following but I will leave it with you.

I have also:

• changed "seconds" to "second"
• added a footnote using a text identifier (which is an option that I have just learned of);
• changed "can appear" to "can be entered", for clarity;
• changed "rendered as a tooltip" to "rendered like a tooltip" (the contents appear when the footnote marker is clicked, and not on hover as with a tooltip).

This text has a two footnotes: one here [^1] and another here [^2].

Note that the footnotes can be entered anywhere in the post. They are rendered like a tooltip next to the referring text. While editing, however, the preview is rendered differently. Text identifiers (no spaces or tabs) can also be used.[^one_more]

The body of the post continues...

[^1]: The first footnote.
[^2]: The second footnote.
[^one_more]: The final footnote.

[_jims]

@kevinb

I would suggest the following but I will leave it with you.

I've updated the OP again. I think I've covered the points that both of us wanted to include.

Thanks for the feedback, @kevinb!

[griffman]

Found a few others that seem to work here:

<big>big</big> and <small>small</small>
big and small

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<abbr title='Fouled&nbsp;up&nbsp;beyond&nbsp;all&nbsp;recognition'>fubar</abbr>

fubar (hover 'fubar' to see)

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<sup>Superscript</sup> and <sub>Subscript</sub>

^Superscript and _Subscript

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Also, you can start a table in Excel or Google Docs and paste it; much simpler than trying to write one from scratch:

Copy that, paste here, and…

||Column A|Column B|Column C|
|---|---|---|---|
|Row 1|A|Simple|Table|
|Row 2|is|easy|to|
|Row 3|create|in|Excel|

...instant table!

-rob.