• Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Unsolicited formatting help

    If you want to see the arrows and not format as a quote throw some backslashes in front of the less greater than signs.

    \> Typing this

    > Gets this

    Otherwise, if you want to get rid of the gaps between the quote lines then put less greater than signs on the empty lines.

    > Typing
    >
    > this

    Gets

    this

    Edit: I had to fix some wonky formatting, lol

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      i believe if you do a double space at the end of each line it also stops automatic word wraping. Cute little trick. IDK why it works that way, it’s kind of stupid, but whatever.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Unsolicited naming advice

      Less Than points to the left < (shape of an L), while Greater Than points to the right > (I got nothing other than it’s not an L).

      I believe it’s because we read from left to right, so the prominent number is on the left (I.e., 8 is less than 10 = 8 < 10).

      Anyways, great advice! Carry on!

      😊

      • Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca
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        You are right! The funny thing is I was trying to think of it that way and got it backwards anyway. Not enough mental RAM left after work for that kind of thing, apparently.

    • [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
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      ```
      Shoot, there’s another way that involves turning the entire comment into plaintext code but I can’t remember the method.
      ```

      Edit: I membered