How to insert a command from a terminal on the forum?

[Mefarius]

I have a question, how to insert a terminal command in a post on frum so that it is visible and possible to copy?

[Aragorn]

Type three backticks — i.e. `, not ’ – followed by a newline, then paste the output on the next line, then insert another newline and type three backticks again.

Alternatively, you can click the </> button in the toolbar of the post editor.

[stargazer]

@Mefarius

insert a terminal command

The Manjaro Discourse forum uses Commonmark. Here’s a cheatsheet.

To answer your specific question, I either use code blocks or quote blocks.

```
code block
```

or

[code]
code block
[/code]

and

> quote block
>

or

[quote]
quote block
[/quote]

NOTE: The bracket syntax is actually bbcode. I think this might be a Discourse addon, but not sure.

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[maycne.sonahoz]

Overall repeating what has been said above.

[HowTo] Use preformatting in a forum post

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ Formatting differences Discourse – this forum’s engine – uses Markdown to format its posts, and removes “unnecessary” whitespace. Terminal commands often produce output formatted so that they are better readable by the user, taking advantage of the monospaced font used. Programming code often rely on indentation to make it more readable. Using preformatting in Markdown Markdown includes a pattern to provide preformatting when necessary. You only need to put the part to f…

[Mefarius]

Thank you very much for help