We have enabled a number of new features on Biostar. Using these are optional and are only meant to facilitate certain use cases.
Shortcuts
Shortcuts are words that start with a backslash followed by one or more comma separated parameters.
For example if a user would like to share code via Gist they may now write:
\gist 2059
This shortcut will be replaced inside the post by the content of the gist:
Shortcut properties:
- more than one comma separated parameter value may be listed
- shortcuts will not take effect if they are in a codebox (as in the example).
- unrecognized shortcuts will pass into the main text unchanged.
- the preview will not show the results of the shortcuts, users need to submit the content to have them take effect.
Shortcuts for Users and Posts
Shortcuts to link to users and posts:
\user 30
\post 5059
Results in Pierre Lindenbaum and Any recommendation on program that could simulate GWA case/control data ?
For each of the examples you may list multiple values separated by commas:
\user 23,66
\post 7126,42375
Results in Giovanni M Dall'Olio, Neilfws and What are the most common stupid mistakes in bioinformatics?, False positives in disease gene hunting - TruSeq Exome Enrichment Kit - A call for data
Shortcuts for Tags
\tag blast,pipeline
Results in the link blast+pipeline
Embedding Gist
Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. All gists are git repositories, so they are automatically versioned, forkable and usable as a git repository
\gist 2059
Result:
Embed Searchbox
To create a filled in search box write:
\search this
Result:
