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Adding links and plaintext emails are not mutually exclusive. Hackernews comments are a great example where commenters often embed a [1] tag in their comment an
by vbsteven 7y ago
Adding links and plaintext emails are not mutually exclusive. Hackernews comments are a great example where commenters often embed a [1] tag in their comment and at the end of the comment have a section like
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com
- cs02rm0 7y agoNone of the HTML features the author uses lack a plaintext equivalent.
- vbsteven 7y agoI disagree. We've been doing this for decades on mailinglists # example heading You can add emphasis with asterisk or _underscores_. Links can be done with [1] tags And as an alternative, nothing stops you from using Markdown syntax in plaintext emails for adding structure like (nested) bullet lists. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com
- 0xffff2 7y agoI think you misread the comment you're responding to, and are therefore agreeing.