What kind of text formatting is valid on Launchpad?

Question

What kind of and to what extent is formatting possible on Launchpad posts such as questions and bug reports?

Answer 1

Answered on Launchpad:

Launchpad does not support markup in user entered content at this time. URL and bug numbers are linked by the formatter that preserves blank lines.

Please support this bug for a Launchpad wiki.

Answer 2

I've found it quite difficult/impossible to find any infos about that on help.launchpad.net. The little I know I found by trial-and-error. Most important for me (and the only special formatting I use often) is, that writing "bug #xxxxx" (without quotes) in a bug comment automatically creates a link to the respective bug report.

Answer 3

So the idea that Launchpad does not support formatting is only a myth... sort of. For the truly determined,

http://www.panix.com/~eli/unicode/convert.cgi?text=Is+Jorge+Castro+a+Robot?

   Parenthesized    ⒤⒮ ⒥⒪⒭⒢⒠ ⒞⒜⒮⒯⒭⒪ ⒜ ⒭⒪⒝⒪⒯?
   Circled  Ⓘⓢ Ⓙⓞⓡⓖⓔ Ⓒⓐⓢⓣⓡⓞ ⓐ Ⓡⓞⓑⓞⓣ?
   Negative Circled     ?
   Squared      ?
   Negative Squared     ?
   Fullwidth    Ｉｓ Ｊｏｒｇｅ Ｃａｓｔｒｏ ａ Ｒｏｂｏｔ？
   Double-struck      ℂ  ℝ?
   Bold     ?
   Bold italic      ?
   Bold script      ?
   Fraktur      ?
   Curvy 1 pseudoalphabet   ٱร ﻝѻɼﻭﻉ ƈครՇɼѻ ค ɼѻ๒ѻՇ?
   Curvy 2 pseudoalphabet   ιѕ נσяﻭє ¢αѕтяσ α яσвσт?
   Curvy 3 pseudoalphabet   เร ן๏гﻮє ςครՇг๏ ค г๏๒๏Շ?
   Rock Dots pseudoalphabet Їṡ Jöṛġë Ċäṡẗṛö ä Ṛöḅöẗ?
   A-cute pseudoalphabet    íś Jőŕǵé Ćáśtŕő á Ŕőbőt?
   Small Caps pseudoalphabet    ɪꜱ ᴊᴏʀɢᴇ ᴄᴀꜱᴛʀᴏ ᴀ ʀᴏʙᴏᴛ?
   Stroked pseudoalphabet   Ɨs Ɉøɍǥɇ ȻȺsŧɍø Ⱥ Ɍøƀøŧ?
   CJK+Thai pseudoalphabet  ﾉ丂 ﾌo尺g乇 cﾑ丂ｲ尺o ﾑ 尺o乃oｲ?
   Faux Cyrillic pseudoalphabet Іѕ ЈоѓБэ Ҁаѕтѓо а Яоъот?
   Upside down pseudoalphabet   ıs ɾoɹƃǝ ɔɐsʇɹo ɐ ɹoqoʇ¿
   Upside down pseudoalphabet (backwards)   ¿ʇoqoɹ ɐ oɹʇsɐɔ ǝƃɹoɾ sı
   Reversed pseudoalphabet  Iꙅ Joᴙgɘ ↃAꙅTᴙo A ᴙodoT⸮
   Reversed pseudoalphabet (backwards)  ⸮Todoᴙ A oᴙTꙅAↃ ɘgᴙoJ ꙅI

http://adamvarga.com/strike/

P̶o̶p̶e̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶m̶e̶.̶

http://thejh.net/misc/unicode-underline

P̲o̲p̲e̲y̲ ̲i̲s̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲ ̲b̲e̲e̲s̲ ̲k̲n̲e̲e̲s̲

And you can actually combine these

http://www.panix.com/~eli/unicode/convert.cgi?text=M%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6i%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6c%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6h%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6e%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6a%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6l%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6H%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6a%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6l%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6l%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6e%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6a%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6t%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6s%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6r%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6u%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6b%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6b%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6e%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6r%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6f%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6o%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6r%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6s%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6u%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6p%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6p%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6e%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6r%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6a%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6n%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6d%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6h%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6a%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6s%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6c%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6h%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6i%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6c%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6k%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6e%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6n%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6f%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6o%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6r%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6+%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6t%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6i%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6r%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6e%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6s%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6.%CC%B6%CC%B2%CC%B6