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"People" don't do it; HN does it. Indented lines in a post are always monospaced, on the assumption, I suppose, that they're likely to be code examples. There
by ScottBurson 11y ago
"People" don't do it; HN does it. Indented lines in a post are always monospaced, on the assumption, I suppose, that they're likely to be code examples. There's no way to turn this off AFAIK.
And no, HN does not use Markdown.
- maxerickson 11y agoThe people indent the text (or fail to remove the leading white space when copying). It isn't a huge time sink to wrap a paragraph in stars.
- SilasX 11y agoI know the formatting system. My question is why the users are formatting their text (e.g. with 4 places leading each line) *suc that HN renders it as monospace, which then forces a sideways scroll on mobile and small screens. That seems to make it harder to read for some with no corresponding upside.
- ScottBurson 11y agoOh. Well, I think they just don't realize that HN will monospace it. I agree with you, it's annoying.
- SilasX 11y agoThey don't realize it even after seeing their post go live? And seeing what other people's monotype quotes look like? I never like to assume malice, but ...