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This. I find markdown and all its bastards insufficient and their syntax hard to remember. Sometimes you can use _ other times it's * and none of them are more
by arkitaip 15y ago
This. I find markdown and all its bastards insufficient and their syntax hard to remember. Sometimes you can use _ other times it's * and none of them are more intuitive that <em> or <bold>.
- veeti 15y agoActually, it's <strong> and not <bold> ;)
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- arkitaip 15y agoCan't believe I made that mistake ;)
- jgroome 15y ago<strong>. (Sorry)
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- kbd 15y agoI've always wished _ meant "underline" not <em>. Of course the HTML standard only defines <em> and <strong>, but _ could create output like <em class="underline"> or <em style="text-decoration: underline">.
- mooism2 15y ago<u>
- kbd 15y agoOh hey, look at that, they un-deprecated <u> in HTML5: http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/u.html#u http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/u.html#u Even more reason for it to be supported in Markdown :)
- cema 15y agoYes, the good old <u>, <b> and <i> seem to be going out of fashion. Understandable in the context of web development, but so handy for a short piece of text like a blog post or comment.
- shabble 15y agoI still find myself using /emphasis/ in places, despite nothing I can think of actually supporting it. I can't remember where it originated, possibly usenet.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoActually, markdown is great for this kind of stuff - it's when you start getting into links, inserting attributes, etc. that I'd rather just write HTML.
- dchest 15y agoIt also encourages putting <em> and <strong> everywhere instead of choosing the proper tag between <em>, <strong>, <b>, <i>, <u>, <cite>, <q>.