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• user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  By the way, Markdown also takes escape \, which is why sometimes the shrugging emoticon is missing left arm.

  - So this
  - also works with space

  So you don’t even necessarily have to leave out the space.

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  • muhyb@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Apparently there is already a separate symbol for speech dash, which is —. However its keyboard shortcut is obscure and I couldn’t remember it later, but Markdown already covered this it seems. Writing — renders as —, which I’ll do from now on, if I don’t forget about it next time.

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• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So breaking accessibility for the heck of it? How forward-thinking.

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  • muhyb@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    How is it breaking accessibility?

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    • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Good question: for basic accessibility, structure should be conveyed, which adds

      when technologies support programmatic relationships, it is strongly encouraged that information and relationships be programmatically determined

      The web supports programmatic relationships through correct markup, so the technique using semantic elements to mark up structure applies, specifically by using ol, ul and dl for lists or groups of links or the markdown equivalent.

      If you want to experience this yourself, then put on a blindfold, use a screenreader & compare your “list” to mine.

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      • muhyb@programming.dev ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I don’t have a screen reader installed so I cannot try it but I can guess how it can screw with it. However I agree with Monkey With A Shell here. It’s not realistic for all users to follow semantics, this can only be solved with a better software.

        While I use markdown daily, apparently there are still things I don’t know about it. Well, I mostly learn them when I need them but still. So, I could use — (speech dash) instead of -, which I assume wouldn’t cause a problem with a screen reader. There is no way for me to remember its shortcut on the keyboard, but it seems Markdown already covered this with — which ends up rendered as —.

        Thanks for making me noticing about it, learned something new today.

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