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I sometimes need to enter code into an issue I would like to comment on but always struggle. Indenting by four spaces is cumbersome for larger blocks, ticks work weirdly for larger blocks and I keep forgetting the <pre> and <code> tags (and they are cumbersome to write by hand).
Am I missing something or does GitHub lack a markdown editor (like the one here that lets me select a text and then click on "B" in the menu above the editor window to make the text bold)?
Indeed, Github flavoured markdown is significantly better than the MD supported here on stackexchange.
However, it is true that you don't get a toolbar to help you. It is expected that you know some basics. You can use the toolbar here to help learn some basics if you like though there is a help page linked on Github. Worth learning the github extensions.
For code, the easiest approach is to use 3 backticks on their own line, optionally followed by the code language.
In addition, you can edit things in the WIKI which does have a toolbar.
Alternatively, you can use a text editor that supports MD.
