Howto escape PSQL exit command?

[Simon Cordt]

I have a codeblock and want to show how to exit PSQL, which is done by issuing \q.

However, \q is always gone after saving the edited page.

If I escape the backslash by writing \\q, \\q is also shown in the saved page. But that's not what I want, of course. 

[Shannon S]

Hello Simon,

Unfortunately, this is not possible, due to these limitations:

• CONFSERVER-2494

The backslash escape syntax is an unfortunate legacy of Confluence's wiki markup, and not one we can change without wide-reaching side-effects that would break existing content. As such, it would only get fixed if we did a wholesale replacement of Confluence's markup.

There are a few workarounds listed on the page, but it doesn't appear they are working any longer, as I have tested this on 6.8.0 as well as Confluence Cloud. 

As a workaround, I was able to display preformatted text using the HTML macro. both <pre> and <code> would work here. You can also use the macro to format the text on your example if you want to include a border or anything more here.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Shannon

[Simon Cordt]

Wrapping it in a <pre> will do just fine.

Thank you for the hint!

[Shannon S]

Simon,

No problem! Glad it helped.

Take care and kind regards,

Shannon