I didn’t do it on purpose, I just copied and pasted
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ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoWhy did you use a code block for a quote?
GiveOver@feddit.uk 1 week ago
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
GiveOver@feddit.uk 1 week ago
I know it but I haven’t seen a good way of doing a long quote. Do I need the > on every single line? I’ve no idea why this time it put it into a code block, maybe something to do with my app (sync). The comment actually looks fine in a code block on my app so I thought it was good enough. Didn’t realise how shit it looked on desktop until you brought it up.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I know it but I haven’t seen a good way of doing a long quote.
Just gotta do the start of each paragraph.
This is an example of a paragraph
This is paragraph 2
This is paragraph 3 without the
>
This is paragraph 4
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I tend to use them because they’re easier than quotes.
Newlines won’t terminate the block but with quotes you have to manually insert a
>
at each linebreak.anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
No you don’t
You just have to make sure to terminate the line with two spaces. Unless you have a different markdown renderer than the web interface and most apps.Or does line break mean empty lines to you?
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I understand you can use double space to use a markdown linebreak.
However if you’re copy pasting a quote this still has to be done manually by the person copying the text.
trevdog@lemmy.world 1 week ago
idk why but I kind of like to read it with random keywords highlighted and every apostrophe toggling the effect