Forum posting question ... how post a thread question with color syntax highlighting ??

[Mike Parker]

On Sunday, 5 September 2021 at 23:24:16 UTC, someone wrote:
>
> Slightly off-topic but ... while-we-are-the-subject:
>
> I usually post with markdown enabled and enclose code within 
> ```d
>
> Sometimes, I notice that replies to my posts came without 
> markdown, and until now, I assumed not everyone likes markdown 
> so when I reply once again I do it without markdown even while 
> it is far more difficult to read the post (from my point of 
> view, that is).
>
> Question is: is it considered bad-etiquette within this forum 
> to reply with markdown-enabled to someone using no-markdown at 
> all ?
>
> For example; IIRC Ali's posts are always no-markdown.

It doesn’t matter. Some people access the forums via the 
newsgroups or mailing lists, so they’re going to see the raw 
markdown in every post that uses it, whether it’s a direct reply 
to them or not.

Markdown support is mostly for the web interface, and is a 
minimally intrusive way to provide it so that it’s not too 
disruptive for people not using it.