diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/Code Blocks in WikiText.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/Code Blocks in WikiText.tid index 30478ea0f..8cb00fca1 100644 --- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/Code Blocks in WikiText.tid +++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/Code Blocks in WikiText.tid @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ created: 20131205160047557 -modified: 20140214190843724 +modified: 20141024134125489 tags: WikiText title: Code Blocks in WikiText type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki @@ -13,13 +13,32 @@ This will be monospaced ``` -The three backticks need to be at the start of the line and immediately followed by a newline, otherwise they won't be interpreted correctly. - Renders as: ``` This will be monospaced ``` +To be interpreted correctly, the three backticks need to be at the start of the line and immediately followed by a line-break. + +Be aware that any preceding paragraph content should be properly terminated with a double line break, too. So, this example is wrong: + +
+This is an ordinary paragraph
+```
+This will be monospaced
+```
+
+ +The correct version is: + +
+This is an ordinary paragraph
+
+```
+This will be monospaced
+```
+
+ Note that some keyboard layouts treat the backtick as a [[dead key|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key]], making it hard to type. The trick is to type three backticks followed by a space. Alternatively, type all six backticks in one go, then a space, and then move the cursor back three characters to type or paste the content.