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Out of curiosity, could you give or point to an example of "formatting gimmicks"? I tried searching the FAQ but only found the formatdoc guide: https://news.yc
by nmarinov 4y ago
Out of curiosity, could you give or point to an example of "formatting gimmicks"?
I tried searching the FAQ but only found the formatdoc guide: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
- rectang 4y agoOT... I used one of the Unicode bullets instead of a hyphen (◉). I understand what dang is getting at here — it's in the same spirit as stripping emojis (because otherwise we'd be drowning in them). I'm a past graphic designer so I'm accustomed to working with the medium to achieve maximum communicative impact, but I don't mind operating within constraints. The convention of using hyphens to start a bulleted list isn't officially documented AFAIK. Having to separate bulleted list items with double newlines is a little weird, but it's fine.
- dang 4y agoThanks for the thoughtful response. You don't have to use hyphens for that. Asterisks are fine (see https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc for how to get a *) and no doubt there are other ways within the plaintext convention.