Bug 474001

Summary: No markdown help
Product: [Websites] bugs.kde.org Reporter: php4fan
Component: generalAssignee: KDE sysadmins <sysadmin>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: nate, sheedy
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: Bugzilla does seem to support markdown

Description php4fan 2023-08-31 20:20:22 UTC 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Post a comment on a bug
2.  It seems to support some flavor of markdown, for example ">" for quoting (that's actually the _only_ one I've been able to figure out), so much so that there's a preview option
3. So, I want to see what formats are supported

OBSERVED RESULT

There's no button or link to any form of markdown help, or documentation of the supported formats, that I've been able to find


EXPECTED RESULT
Very near to the textarea where I'm typing my comment, there should be a link to a markdown help that either hopens in a separate page or shows as a popup, where I can learn how to paste a block of code, how to do bold text, or if none of these are supported at all.

For example I'm used to posting the output of commands between ``` and ```, which works in many bugtrackers but not this one, so I wanted to see if there's some other syntax for that.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-08-31 23:02:20 UTC 
It does not in fact support Markdown, unfortunately. All it supports is ">" for quotes, which you've already figured out.
Comment 2 php4fan 2023-09-01 07:13:17 UTC 
Well there should be a way for the user to know that, other than try every possible format until I'm satisfied that I have tried everything.

If you feel like adding a "formatting help" link only to list ">" is embarrassing, then add markdown support instead.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-09-01 15:57:53 UTC 
Unfortunately we can't; the text comes from Bugzilla itself.
Comment 4 php4fan 2023-09-01 16:14:40 UTC 
Created attachment 161328 [details]
Bugzilla does seem to support markdown

Oh this is Bugzilla!

So maybe what you _can_ do is update it?
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-09-01 16:16:02 UTC 
That's not a publicly-released version; the Mozilla people use a fork with various featured bolted on--markdown support included.

Markdown support is scheduled to be included in the next major public release of Bugzilla.