Re:On Making Oneself Less Unreadable
by colanderman on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:29PM
(#15858026)
I think the "fix" GP is suggesting is for HN to add a "blockquote" syntax. i.e., make text like this:
> something quoted which is very long and let's pretend it wraps lines
look something like this (sans horizontal scrolling):
| something quoted which is very long and
| let's pretend it wraps lines
Imageboards use that syntax for quotes as well, italicizing and changing the text color, highlighting the quoted text without the scrolling issues of a blockquote.
I had a userscript doing that on HN for a while along with as other text fixes, and the result seemed quite readable.
That's a good idea.
And then you still can't quote a poem without double line spacing, because blank lines are paragraphs, and line breaks are ignored. The HN markup is really lacking.
Re:On Making Oneself Less Unreadable
by dredmorbius on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @01:28AM
(#15859028)
Markdown provides for this by double-spacing at the end of a line to indicate a hard wrap.
That's genius, and would be such a neat addition to HN.
And then you still can't quote a poem without double
linespacing, because blank lines are paragraphs, and line
breaks are ignored. The HN markup is really lacking.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.When the lines are short, that works, but when lines are longer, mobile users complain.
You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
And when using it for code and only code, as per "official instructions", you can't.
Line 1 Line 2
> Line 1 > Line 2
As you indicate, there is nothing to fix when the complaint of incorrect usage is accurate. The markup quotes _verbatim_. Therefore quoting long lines will scroll on smaller screens.
https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
* Blank lines separate paragraphs.
* Text surrounded by asterisks is italicized, if the character after the first asterisk isn't whitespace.* Urls become links, except in the text field of a submission