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How would you suggest they fix it?

• burke 8y ago
  Make groups of `/^\s+> /` lines turn into a `<blockquote>`. Render it slightly indented and italicized. I don't think the major problem is that `/^ {4}/` lines don't wrap in a way that's useful for quotes; it's that there's no way to format quotes so people use the only formatting element HN has.
  • thaumasiotes 8y ago
    there's no way to format quotes so people use the only formatting element HN has. Technically, HN has a couple other formatting elements.
  • reificator 8y ago
    > I don't think the major problem is that `/^ {4}/` lines don't wrap in a way that's useful for quotes; it's that there's no way to format quotes so people use the only formatting element HN has. It is a standing convention to use the following syntax for quotes here: > *Quote text here*
• dredmorbius 8y ago
  CSS: pre { whitespace: pre-wrap; } https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_white-space.asp https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_white-space.asp That's what I've included in my own HN Stylus stylesheet for years. Works on Desktop or Firefox/Android, but other mobile browsers don't support it, for lack of extension support. Updating the HN markup to offer true blockquote support would be a more complete, though less trivial, solution. I've suggested the first myself repeatedly. pg asked how to fix this, and was given the solution, on HN, nine years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=592603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=592603 The suggestion's been made numerous times: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=whitespace%20pre-wrap&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=whitespace%20pre-wrap&sort=byP...
• nkristoffersen 8y ago
  Markdown renderer?
  • dredmorbius 8y ago
    I wish. Though that's .. only slightly ... less trivial.