No matter what combinations or order of Ctrl+c, Ctrl+p, Ctrl+k,
and the {} button I press, I cannot seem to copy formatted code
from a question to my answer. Can somebody clue me in please?
Edit: I'm using IE8.  share|improve this question add comment  3
Answers  up vote 4 down vote accepted  I typically copy the
markdown source directly, instead of copying the formatted text.
If the post has been edited, click the "edited X minutes ago"
link to get to the revision history, and then click "view
source" to get to the source. If it hasn't been edited you have
to go to the revision history manually; it's at  share|improve
this answer Ok, this works, but it seems really round about. Is
this the only way? –  ThomasMcLeod Jan 31 '11 at 3:18 @Thomas
There's a feature request to add a link all the time. It's
somewhat easier for 2k users, since they have an edit link they
can use –  Michael Mrozek Jan 31 '11 at 3:20 @mic anonymous
users can edit now, if the post is older than 24 hours.
registered users can always edi