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The way I remember [] before () is that [] is "basic" and square and () is "refined" and curvy. Seems silly but it helps me.
by __john 9y ago
The way I remember [] before () is that [] is "basic" and square and () is "refined" and curvy. Seems silly but it helps me.
- lancefisher 9y agoI remember “brackets come before parentheses” alphabetically ;)
- 52-6F-62 9y agoThese are both helpful mnemonic tricks. I always forget links' syntax. More generally in this post I find Markdown has a pretty short learning curve, is highly readable and logical (EG. I like the number of `#` for level of headings). My biggest issue with Markdown is the different interpretations and how they're represented. Eg. Github vs. someplace else vs. Markdown-viewer apps. Org in comparison looks more concise, but less readable, IMO.
- Terretta 9y ago"squared circle" = []() https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaring_the_circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaring_the_circle
- accordionclown 9y agoi can't remember who i heard it from first, but "squaring the circle" is the phrase that (finally!) helped me remember the order after years of having to look it up every single time i needed it. i still have to look up the format for images every time.
- captaincrisp 9y agoI always sort of read it to myself. I use parens within normal writing as an aside (for example, this one), so I put the part that you read within the brackets and the reference in the parens. In plaintext you'd have a claim (and parens directing you to see the citation at citation.com). In hypertext you'd have a [claim](and a link to citation.com).