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Re:MDN converted to Markdown by keybored on Saturday November 05, 2022 @05:50AM (#33479756)
Having to use quotes (or any other symbol) sometimes based on learned rules is a big no-no for lightweight markup in my book.
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Re:MDN converted to Markdown by xigoi on Saturday November 05, 2022 @06:16AM (#33479928)
In Markdown, you sometimes have to put a backslash before special characters.
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Re:MDN converted to Markdown by keybored on Saturday November 05, 2022 @07:15AM (#33480354)
I was talking about quoting or grouping things. Either require things like quotes for certain constructs all the time (no matter the content) or don’t.
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Re:MDN converted to Markdown by keybored on Saturday November 12, 2022 @08:03AM (#33572641)
> In Markdown, you sometimes have to put a backslash before special characters.

I think I get it now. Yes, I agree that sometimes-rules for escaping is bad. Should have to require escaping metacharacters all the time, not just in certain contexts.

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