General help/discussion forum for the Python programming language. All welcome.
Please format your pasted code using Markdown backticks like this:
```python
# YOUR CODE GOES HERE
if me.is_hungry:
me.bake("bagel")
```
This will look like this:
# YOUR CODE GOES HERE
if me.is_hungry:
me.bake("bagel")
That’s nicely colored and keeps indentation intact! 
If you make a mistake, don’t worry: you can always edit your post later to fix it.
Evidently the code formatting used to be nicely colored from using ***py3. I get nice coloring from using…
```python
…
as the first fencing line as Carol Willing recommended in this helpful post.
Example:
# YOUR CODE GOES HERE
if me.is_hungry:
me.bake("bagel")
UPDATE: I no longer have to use ```python to get full color for code (well, not full IDE color, but it’s still pretty good). HOWEVER, If I paste another code block right below the first one, one of them will use block quoting until I append the ````python.
[UPDATED]
A full treatment of the Commonmark markdown used by Discourse (and other platforms, like WhatsApp) CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Thankfully, this forum uses DiscoURSE not DiscoRD. Discourse is
free/libre open source software. Discord is a proprietary service
designed to profit by selling your personal data and conversations
(but don’t just take my word for it, read their privacy policy if
you’re interested).
For the Markdown-it engine used by Discourse, their documentation
recommends you just refer to the CommonMark Specification:
https://commonmark.org/help/
https://spec.commonmark.org/current/Thank you for pointing that out. I was surprised when it looked like we were using it here on an installation at the python.org web server. Am relieved that we aren’t.
I’ve updated my post.