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Comment by YeGoblynQueenne | Hacker News Reader

>> ---- (Apparently ''' ... ''' doesn't do code in HN. Sorry for the wrap-around formatting.)

For pre-formatted code leave two spaces at the start of the line.

  Like this.

There's no special notation for code. Despite this being, you know Hacker News.

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> For pre-formatted code leave two spaces at the start of the line

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> There's no special notation for code

You just explained the special notation for code, which is so important that it is HN’s only block environment, and then turn around and deny it exists?

I assume they want block notation and syntax coloring, rather than per-line notation and just monospace.

pg added that formatting option specifically for code, way back when he first wrote the software.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious but why can't we just write in MarkDown?

Indented blocks for code is Markdown. The original Markdown language used +4 indentation for code blocks. GitHub later added support for `~~~` fenced code blocks and those became more popular.

  Well then, I stand corrected :P

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