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Comments on "Show source" feature would make sense to me

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"Show source" feature would make sense to me

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I dimly remember that once, on Wikipedia, there was a button "Show source".

Would be nice to have that here, to learn about what is possible from examples, without opening things for edit and then accidentally modify it.

Would be of special interest for comments, looks like they don't have (and need) all functionality available for questions and answers.

Should be easy to implement using the code already available for "edit" but just blocking "save" and enable "show" for any user, even those without permission to "edit".

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Can't you do that thru your browser? (3 comments)
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This is already possible, via tools--item: [1]

  1. A Screenshot

  2. A Screenshot

  3. A Screenshot

...except for MathJax source. [2]


  1. posts/294866/history#1 ↩︎

  2. comments/thread/11213#comment-27769 ↩︎

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Would be fine, if I knew how to get there. I cannot see anything labeled "tools", neither here nor... (4 comments)
Would be fine, if I knew how to get there. I cannot see anything labeled "tools", neither here nor...
watchmaker‭ wrote 4 months ago

Would be fine, if I knew how to get there.

I cannot see anything labeled "tools", neither here nor when going to "History" first.

Maybe it's because of my notorious banner-blindness, or because I'm missing some privileges.

Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)‭ wrote 4 months ago · edited 4 months ago

watchmaker‭, I've updated the answer. 1 Does it now sufficiently elaborate? 2 I was somewhat cryptic in my original phrasal, especially without accompanying examples.

To summarise, you need to access “History” (tools--item), then expand the desired revision, or utilise “Copy Link” (/history with #1 or #permalink-294866-1, as one example). 4

  1. /history#4

  2. posts/294879/history#1 3

  3. posts/294863/history#2

  4. posts/294878/history#1

watchmaker‭ wrote 4 months ago · edited 4 months ago

Now "It works for me", switching to "History" (as expected) then "Copy link" (showing options "raw" and "markdown"), choosing "markdown" and then, in my browser, going to that link shows me exactly what I wanted to see.

Well, having another try on https://math.codidact.com/posts/294748/history#2 I don't see how the fractions and symbols are made (of course I know for this special case as I did it myself, but if the code originated from someone else, I still couldn't see).

Looks like there are really more than two layers involved.

Skipping 1 deleted comment.

trichoplax‭ wrote 4 months ago

I've combined the problems raised in this thread into an answer in favour of the feature request.