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PSA: Rather than using underscores, _like this_, at HN you can get emphasized text using asterisks, like this. (I see _emphasis_ almost every day on HN, so IMHO
by mhartl 11y ago
PSA: Rather than using underscores, _like this_, at HN you can get emphasized text using asterisks, like this. (I see _emphasis_ almost every day on HN, so IMHO it should support both. But until it does, asterisks are definitely the way to go.)
- pbreit 11y agoEverywhere else I write I use * except here because I want *, not italics.
- Mtinie 11y ago\Escaping should work (but doesn't)\ Edit: That test failed, nothing to see here...
- hollerith 11y ago>so IMHO it should support both some of us think it should support neither (because _emphasis_ is only slightly less legible than emphasis whereas erroneous use of asterisks is very much less legible than uses of asterisks would be if asterisks were not interpreted -- and because erroneous use of asterisks is fairly common). But _if_ the present situation continues in which asterisks (or asterisks and underscores) are interpreted, at least the interface should provide a link next to the "ago", "parent", and "flag" links that show the raw, uninterpreted comment the way the user entered it.