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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agomarkdown uses asterisks for italics. 2 asterisks is bold 3 is italic and bold
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI know. Underscores also work though for italics
minus-squarepoolcritter@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoUnderscores do not work inside a word (so my_long_identifier won’t accidentally become mylongidentifier, but _foo_ will become foo)
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoThat may be a lemmy specific way to markdown
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoOh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#italic
minus-squarefilcuk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoMarkdown has a core spec and then endless flavours. I assume what they’re saying Lemmy chose to not use underscore markup.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThis used to be a trouble back in the reddit days as well. It depends entirely on what platform you’re using to access the content. Boost for example does seem to allow underscores however when I check via the web it doesn’t work.
markdown uses asterisks for italics.
2 asterisks is bold
3 is italic and bold
I know. Underscores also work though for italics
Underscores do not work inside a word (so my_long_identifier won’t accidentally become mylongidentifier, but _foo_ will become foo)
That may be a lemmy specific way to markdown
It’s not Lemmy specific
Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#italic
Markdown has a core spec and then endless flavours. I assume what they’re saying Lemmy chose to not use underscore markup.
This used to be a trouble back in the reddit days as well. It depends entirely on what platform you’re using to access the content.
Boost for example does seem to allow underscores however when I check via the web it doesn’t work.