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Chat applications have mistakenly transformed code into emojis and links for as long as I remember. That isn't new. But facebook takes it to another level by bl
by rootlocus 8y ago
Chat applications have mistakenly transformed code into emojis and links for as long as I remember. That isn't new. But facebook takes it to another level by blocking your messages because it doesn't like the urls.
- simias 8y agoFunny you'd mention that, the parent's post reminded me of my experience with Discord a while ago. I was trying to paste some code and basically nothing made it through unscathed because the chat kept interpreting the text in... interesting ways. IRC has its quirks but at least it's relatively easy to send arbitrary ASCII text.
- SXX 8y agoWhile Discord has many other limitations it's use Markdown so it's super easy to send little snippet of code using it.
- reificator 8y agoDiscord is (a subset of) markdown so you just use [`] to denote inline code and [```language-name] and [```] to denote code blocks.
- simias 8y agoI did not know that, thank you.
- cup-of-tea 8y agoYes, but that should be a configurable option on the client. Send me the damn text then let me decide if I want to look for URLs or substitute smileys for images.