What's this new character-level 'code' format?

Andrew Neil · ‎2026-04-13

I've seen it a couple of times - both from ST Employees, IIRC; eg,

https://community.st.com/t5/mems-sensors/lsm6dso-and-lsm6dso32-compatible/m-p/891941/highlight/true#M27029

Neither the button nor the option allows just formatting a single word like that.

Looking at the HTML view of the above post, it's using the <code> tag - but I don't see any way to enter that via the Editor?

(I did that one via the HTML editor - but that's very klunky!)

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Andrew Neil · ‎2026-04-13

@Andrew Neil wrote:
ither the button nor the option allows just formatting a single word like that.

Looking at the HTML view of the above post, it's using the <code> tag - but I don't see any way to enter that via the Editor?

That appeared correctly in the editor, but broke on posting:

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.

Peter BENSCH · ‎2026-04-13

This type of formatting occurs when someone pastes pre-formatted text – for example, from ChatGPT – using a simple copy-and-paste, thereby copying its formatting. To prevent this, you can paste such text as plain ASCII text by using Ctrl+Shift+V instead of Ctrl+V.

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