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While you can still edit, please use a different style for your quotes. Using code formatting makes them a pain to read. Just make them cursive with the star ch

• jessaustin 8y ago
  It's mysterious that people think this (fixed width for anything other than a short code listing) is a rational formatting decision on HN. Does anyone use a wide enough screen to accommodate that "anger" line above?
  • Agentlien 8y ago
    It would fit fine on my 4k monitor, but it still gets wrapped in a box with scrollbar so that I can only see the first 2/3 of it.
  • hopler 8y ago
    One of HN design principles is that usability is irrelevant because people come here for the community and minimizing software development effort is a point of pride. People use the code identuse there is no way to create a blockquote
    • jessaustin 8y ago
      As GP said: Just make them cursive with the star characters. That's a block quote!
      • 52-6F-62 8y ago
        For even further clarity, I like the very prescient '>' in combination with italics: > this is a block quote right here It's very clearly a distinct block
        • jessaustin 8y ago
          In a sense, this is right back to the original problem, because there is no natural beginning to lines in prose. > This line looks fine. > How about this line? It's quite a bit longer so it may wrap around to the beginning of the line, depending on screen size and other factors... where would one place additional ">"s?
          • 52-6F-62 8y ago
            I think it makes sense just to wrap it. The block ends when the contiguous text ends, no? > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus non sagittis sapien. Fusce ut lacinia ligula. In accumsan efficitur eros, ac ullamcorper mauris. Fusce consequat, magna id lobortis convallis, ante nibh tristique dui, sed laoreet elit tellus non augue. Pellentesque a vulputate mauris. Donec ac nunc venenatis, ultrices nibh nec, congue urna. Duis justo leo, auctor ac tempor at, faucibus id felis. Cras et neque in dui commodo faucibus eget eu erat. Donec tempus sapien felis, ac tristique est dapibus ac. Donec sed suscipit velit. Praesent leo ante, volutpat nec aliquam ac, tempor eu magna. In blandit purus a enim molestie posuere. Sed suscipit suscipit nulla a pharetra. Vivamus fringilla id neque accumsan sollicitudin. Nulla rhoncus fermentum lorem eget iaculis. Though you might use multiple '>' for multiple paragraphs, eg: > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus non sagittis sapien. Fusce ut lacinia ligula. In accumsan efficitur eros, ac ullamcorper mauris. Fusce consequat, magna id lobortis convallis, ante nibh tristique dui, sed laoreet elit tellus non augue. Pellentesque a vulputate mauris. Donec ac nunc venenatis, ultrices nibh nec, congue urna. Duis justo leo, auctor ac tempor at, faucibus id felis. Cras et neque in dui commodo faucibus eget eu erat. Donec tempus sapien felis, ac tristique est dapibus ac. Donec sed suscipit velit. Praesent leo ante, volutpat nec aliquam ac, tempor eu magna. In blandit purus a enim molestie posuere. Sed suscipit suscipit nulla a pharetra. Vivamus fringilla id neque accumsan sollicitudin. Nulla rhoncus fermentum lorem eget iaculis. > Vivamus cursus mi diam, a euismod augue tincidunt quis. Ut et arcu feugiat turpis luctus dignissim. Morbi ornare, leo ut porttitor euismod, leo urna suscipit neque, ut lacinia metus velit ut ipsum. Duis ac lorem interdum, congue magna sit amet, accumsan odio. Nam eu tempus metus. Praesent venenatis tortor lacinia dapibus blandit. Mauris semper odio in faucibus feugiat. Praesent id nibh nulla. Phasellus fringilla risus vitae lacus sollicitudin, et pharetra odio ullamcorper. Phasellus at lacus in nulla egestas maximus a eu libero. Nulla sodales nulla vitae ipsum laoreet varius. Donec quis gravida erat.
  • bluedino 8y ago
    Looks okay in lynx :)
  • mcv 8y ago
    If you use that formatting, you need to keep your lines short. I make sure to keep my lines short when I use this style. It's not a great way of formatting, but there's not a lot of options here.
• bobwaycott 8y ago
  Using asterisks makes the text italicized, not cursive.