If you are new to the Discourse platform, which we are using for this forum, the Discourse New User Guide will show you the basics.
In short, text is formatted using Markdown (recommended), BBCode or HTML. The examples below will help you get started.
If you type
**Bold**, _italic_, `print(str)` and a [link](http://igraph.org).
it will format as
Bold, italic,
code
and a link.
Program code can be delimited with triple backquotes. If you type
``` def sqr(x): y = x*x return y ```
it will format as
def sqr(x): y = x*x return y
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This forum supports typing mathematics using LaTeX notation. The delimiters are $
for inline math and $$
(typed on a separate line) for display equations. If you type
The equation $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$ has the solutions $$ x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} $$
it will format as
The equation ax^2 + bx + c = 0 has the solutions
x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}