What is stack overflow? What is it used for? Indent four spaces to create an escaped block: printf("%d\n", 42); /* what was the question again? */ You can also select text and press CTRL+K to toggle indenting as code. The text will be wrapped in tags, and displayed in a monospaced font. The first four spaces will be stripped off, but all other whitespace will be preserved. Markdown and HTML are ignored within a code block: Continue reading...