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If you don't allow raw HTML, markdown doesn't support underline. I've run into this more than once with users.
by Pxtl 11y ago
If you don't allow raw HTML, markdown doesn't support underline. I've run into this more than once with users.
- majewsky 11y agoI guess that's a feature. Underlines on the web usually denominate a link, so offering underlines for non-links would just confuse readers needlessly. (inb4 "But my use-case is different." Yes it is, but I'm talking about the web in general.)
- brute 11y agoTo quote rule #10 of Butterick's Practical Typography[1][2]: Never use underlining, unless it’s a hyperlink. [1] http://practicaltypography.com/summary-of-key-rules.html http://practicaltypography.com/summary-of-key-rules.html [2] http://practicaltypography.com/underlining.html http://practicaltypography.com/underlining.html
- Pxtl 11y agoUsers want what they want. I'm using markdown for a question text within an Android questionnaire system, and my users are MDs who don't like to be told "no, underlining is a bad idea", so our markdown is littered with <u></u>