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Interesting that you'd use "Section", "§", as a reference marker. Asterisk (*), and dagger (†) are common reference markers in British English, but not the sect
by pbhjpbhj 2y ago
Interesting that you'd use "Section", "§", as a reference marker. Asterisk (*), and dagger (†) are common reference markers in British English, but not the section sign, aka "silcrow".
Is that a common usage /auf Deutsch/? Such use is listed on the Wikipedia page, but it's a use I don't ever recall having seen before.
- c0balt 2y agoIt's common in some contexts, in particular ¹/²/... is common for footnotes in handwritten and digital texts. § is a bit less common but iirc used in some legal texts. It's also easy to use on ANSI German keyboards with shift+3.
- pferde 2y agoI'm wary of using the asterisk in internet forums, or really in almost any textual exchange online these days, because everything tries to parse text as markdown, and I am never sure whether or not my asterisks will get eaten. Especially on sites like this one, which have no previews.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoOn HN you just escape as \* to avoid it doing italics, but I agree that using characters that uniformly work is sensible