13th May 2022 at 12:03pm
You can use triple backticks ```
to mark code blocks ():
``` This will be monospaced ```
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, 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.