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If there were any sensible way to quote on HN, I'd surely use that instead. Could you suggest an alternative?
by amalcon 9y ago
If there were any sensible way to quote on HN, I'd surely use that instead. Could you suggest an alternative?
- chc 9y agoI think he actually means don't indent the quote, because it results in a truncated text box that you have to scroll awkwardly. The > quote markers are fine IMO.
- amalcon 9y agoIf you don't indent, then HN does not respect single line breaks. > quote markers only work at the beginning of a line. I've implemented another suggestion for how to avoid the need for them, though. Thanks!
- GuiA 9y ago> If there were any sensible way to quote on HN, I'd surely use that instead. Could you suggest an alternative? Surround the quote with asterisks, and prefix it with > to get the result above.
- amalcon 9y agoI never thought about using one greater-than sign to signal that it is a quote, and italics to denote the end of the quote. Thanks, updated.