Talk:FAQ/@comment-3196848-20101112222325/@comment-3196848-20101115152846

Monobook is the older default style for mediawiki, it's what wikipedia used for several years before the recent style change. I'm not sure, but I think using that style would move the comments to a separate, wiki-style talk page and (not true) set the default editor to "source mode" instead of "WYSIWYG mode". I also think it would allow full control of most element styles, including the code and various header elements. (also not true)

I'm not sure why MATLAB got bolded. The "random amounts of space", I think, are there because the mediawiki parser ignores single line breaks - a double line break in the "source code" translates to a single line break in the displayed output, while a single line break is ignored completely. That will be true regardless of the style used. In my opinion, you get more control and better understanding of the markup language if you edit the page in source mode rather than WYSIWYG mode. When using the "new wikia skin" (the current default), you can toggle this with the button labeled "source" at the upper right of the edit box.

FYI, I am in school and I have some assignments and exams coming up, so I won't be spending too much time looking into these things in the next week or so.