HN Formatting Options

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17 points·WinonaRyder··4 comments

>> Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.)

This is constantly being (mis-)used for quotes. Verbatim is really hard to read on mobile (due to horizontal scrollbars) , so other people usually repost the quote as an umformatted answer to the original post. I like HN's minimalistic design, but that's one thing I wish was improved (e.g. by providing a different way to quote things).

My preferred quoting method on HN is to prefix with > and italicize:

> I like HN's minimalistic design, but that's one thing I wish was improved (e.g. by providing a different way to quote things).

> hard to read on mobile (horizontal scrollbars

Ironically, this very post (https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc) does just that!

Also, if you notice my quote at the start here is a little out of whack it’s cause text select for the actual comment seems to be broken on my phone. Another niggling accessibility issue ...

I know to many this will seem like a pointless, redundant post but having gotten used to Markdown, I find myself having to DDG this page every so often to see what formatting options are actually supported. Surely I'm not the only one?

Anyway... maybe the mods/admins can add a link to it on the submission page? currently AFAIK, the only way to find it is to use a search engine or browse the FAQ page.

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