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Please don't use code blocks for anything but code; they're unreadable on mobile.

Y_Y 9y ago
I think you (and many valiant others) are fighting a losing battle here. God forbid HN should allow a quote style, that'd be so bloaty.
- askvictor 9y ago
  Sigh. Or at least render code blocks nicely on mobile.
  - mixmastamyk 9y ago
    It's not related to mobile, the problem is the very small maxwidth that forces scrolling. Happens on the desktop too and is unnecessary.
  - vacri 9y ago
    Turn your phone to landscape orientation? :)
- mintplant 9y ago
  I suggested this before; according to 'dang it would break the spam filter. I'm unclear on the details.
- jcahill 9y ago
  Nothing valiant about telling users not to use a standard feature. Double-plus anti-valiant to suggest prioritizing mobile over desktop.
StavrosK 9y ago
At least the GP used short lines... I hate those single-line code-blocked long comments. A gift for you: https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmVARCKc4tqh82csydiAQ2JVmvvKeckmq9Z9SYD19UyCMp/ https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmVARCKc4tqh82csydiAQ2JVmvvKeckm...
- reitanqild 9y ago
  eternum.io looks really interesting and like something that can help move ipfs into mainstream.
baby 9y ago
I see this more and more. Why is there a recent trend to use codeblocks instead of > ? Is there a popular platform where codeblocks are quotes?
- always_good 9y ago
  Because HN doesn't preserve line-breaks and `>` doesn't do anything. You'd have to double-space the entire poem which is just silly. HN should just preserve all line-breaks so we don't have to hack around it.
  - vacri 9y ago
    HN preserves linebreaks. It's the paragraph formatting that gets in the way of poetry like the above.
    - always_good 9y ago
      No it doesn't (The above was written "No\nit\ndoesn't") You may be referring to some sort of distinction here, but I'm just talking about newlines.
      - vacri 9y ago
        No, just a brainfart. I was thinking of something else. Sorry.
  - imron 9y ago
    Or it could do what Markdown does and preserve line-breaks that end in double spaces.
    - supergreg 9y ago
      Invisible markup doesn't look like a good idea.
      - 9y ago
tjohns 9y ago
In this case, it makes sense because the author was trying to preserve the line breaks in the original poem, which give cadence to the writing and are integral to the work. Don't blame the commenter. Blame HN for having broken <pre> blocks (or at least for consuming single line breaks otherwise).
- geon 9y ago
  They can't be that integral, since I didn't even realize it was supposed to be a poem until it was pointed out.

Y_Y 9y ago

I think you (and many valiant others) are fighting a losing battle here. God forbid HN should allow a quote style, that'd be so bloaty.

askvictor 9y ago
Sigh. Or at least render code blocks nicely on mobile.
- mixmastamyk 9y ago
  It's not related to mobile, the problem is the very small maxwidth that forces scrolling. Happens on the desktop too and is unnecessary.
- vacri 9y ago
  Turn your phone to landscape orientation? :)
mintplant 9y ago
I suggested this before; according to 'dang it would break the spam filter. I'm unclear on the details.
jcahill 9y ago
Nothing valiant about telling users not to use a standard feature. Double-plus anti-valiant to suggest prioritizing mobile over desktop.

StavrosK 9y ago

At least the GP used short lines... I hate those single-line code-blocked long comments. A gift for you: https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmVARCKc4tqh82csydiAQ2JVmvvKeckmq9Z9SYD19UyCMp/ https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmVARCKc4tqh82csydiAQ2JVmvvKeckm...

reitanqild 9y ago
eternum.io looks really interesting and like something that can help move ipfs into mainstream.

baby 9y ago

I see this more and more. Why is there a recent trend to use codeblocks instead of > ? Is there a popular platform where codeblocks are quotes?

always_good 9y ago
Because HN doesn't preserve line-breaks and `>` doesn't do anything. You'd have to double-space the entire poem which is just silly. HN should just preserve all line-breaks so we don't have to hack around it.
- vacri 9y ago
  HN preserves linebreaks. It's the paragraph formatting that gets in the way of poetry like the above.
  - always_good 9y ago
    No it doesn't (The above was written "No\nit\ndoesn't") You may be referring to some sort of distinction here, but I'm just talking about newlines.
    - vacri 9y ago
      No, just a brainfart. I was thinking of something else. Sorry.
- imron 9y ago
  Or it could do what Markdown does and preserve line-breaks that end in double spaces.
  - supergreg 9y ago
    Invisible markup doesn't look like a good idea.
    - 9y ago

tjohns 9y ago

In this case, it makes sense because the author was trying to preserve the line breaks in the original poem, which give cadence to the writing and are integral to the work. Don't blame the commenter. Blame HN for having broken <pre> blocks (or at least for consuming single line breaks otherwise).

geon 9y ago
They can't be that integral, since I didn't even realize it was supposed to be a poem until it was pointed out.