Superscipts and subscripts

[Loafer]

Superscript appears here. Just above the word 'here', in the first sentence:

 

I think you have to 'un-superscript' it afterwards, or else the rest of your post is tiny.

[Paul C]

Superscript is definitely available, along with subscript and other effects

[nicknorman]

But not on an i-gadget.

[Robbo]

But not on an i-gadget.

You can use the codes [ sub ] and [ sup ], like you would do to quote stuff.

Edited March 12, 2016 by Robbo

[arcsyst]

You can use the codes [ sub ] and [ sup ], like you would do to quote stuff.

Thank you all, my marshmallow tablet doesn't seem to display the font dialogue, is there a howto anywhere for the mark-up language?

[ditchcrawler]

Thank you all, my marshmallow tablet doesn't seem to display the font dialogue, is there a howto anywhere for the mark-up language?

I find that a great comment to go with your signature "The ITboat.co.uk"

[arcsyst]

I find that a great comment to go with your signature "The ITboat.co.uk"

Glad to amuse. Markup languages are not universal and I don't know which markup language is used here.

[ditchcrawler]

Glad to amuse. Markup languages are not universal and I don't know which markup language is used here.

And I don't know what you are talking about now, so that shows my level of knowledge.

[Paul C]

Glad to amuse. Markup languages are not universal and I don't know which markup language is used here.

 

BBCode

[nicknorman]

BBCode

Although having been prompted to look up a list of BBcodes, none that I found mention sup.

[Paul C]

But not on an i-gadget.

 

 

You can use the codes [ sub ] and [ sup ], like you would do to quote stuff.

 

 

 

BBCode

 

 

Although having been prompted to look up a list of BBcodes, none that I found mention sup.

 

Having now spent a little time on this, there appears to be no definitive BBCode reference online. Some guides don't list

[sub]Text here[/sub] [sup]Text here[/sup]

and some do. Whether there's variations or extensions of BBCode, I don't know. However our forum supports the subscript and superscript tags. I know they work if manually typed into an Android device showing the mobile version of the website, don't know about Apple devices (no way of testing). They are a pain to type in, on a screen touch keyboard. For this reason I'd always recommend posts of more than simple text, are made using a normal computer. Note, the frame around the reply box which allows easy selection of the various controls, doesn't show up on an Android phone (default browser full version skin). I believe its either a Javascript or Flash-related issue. We're not moving away from this version of forum software in the forseeable future, so that's the way it is.

[arcsyst]

Having now spent a little time on this, there appears to be no definitive BBCode reference online. Some guides don't list

 

[sub]Text here[/sub] [sup]Text here[/sup]

and some do. Whether there's variations or extensions of BBCode, I don't know. However our forum supports the subscript and superscript tags. I know they work if manually typed into an Android device showing the mobile version of the website, don't know about Apple devices (no way of testing). They are a pain to type in, on a screen touch keyboard. For this reason I'd always recommend posts of more than simple text, are made using a normal computer. Note, the frame around the reply box which allows easy selection of the various controls, doesn't show up on an Android phone (default browser full version skin). I believe its either a Javascript or Flash-related issue. We're not moving away from this version of forum software in the forseeable future, so that's the way it is.

Thanks Paul, the only mark-up language I've used before is ironically called Markdown. Does your version of BBCode support most HTML tags translated to square brackets then?

[nicknorman]

...don't know about Apple devices (no way of testing).

Manually entering the tags does work on Apple devices, but as you say a bit faffy.

[Paul C]

Thanks Paul, the only mark-up language I've used before is ironically called Markdown. Does your version of BBCode support most HTML tags translated to square brackets then?

 

To be honest, I don't know and I don't really do anything unusual or advanced with posting posts. I use the stuff on the reply box (on a normal computer, where the vast majority of my posts are made) and occasionally "fix" things like broken quotes, or copy & paste stuff in, by switching the BBCodes off (switch in top left of reply box) then manually tweaking them. I am not an expert on this forum software, more a "jack of all trades" involving XML, HTML, PHP, Javascript, SQL, COBOL, Python, Pascal, TSO, IMS, CICS, MVS, VMS, C, etc etc

 

As far as superscripts and subscripts go, once you start actually writing out maths stuff, they soon reach their limitations anyway - another project uses TEX markup quite successfully.

 

If you want to further research it, we use IP.Board 3.4.8

[Paul C]

This guide has a lot of BBCodes in:

 

http://www.moreonfew.com/what-is-a-bulletin-board-code-or-bbcode/

[smileypete]

On some mobile browsers if you select 'request desktop site' in options, and select 'full version' at the bottom of the page it allows you to do ^superscript and _subscript