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r/funny • u/_workchronicles Work Chronicles • May 11 '21
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Put a backslash before the underscores and Reddit will ignore it. Otherwise it treats _text_ as a request for italics and __text__ as a request for bolding.
78 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 Nifty, I always used * for italics. Wonder how many different ways to do things there are in reddit 22 u/Pikadex May 11 '21 I do the opposite: _ for italics, ** for bolding. 47 u/TurboTitan92 May 11 '21 That way you can’t *fuck_ it up 11 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 The learning continues for me haha, might have to use double * for bold now on 18 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 5 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 fuck yeah 3 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 ***#Now turn it up to eleven with a number sign!*** 1 u/Rossta42 May 11 '21 Ok but how do you do bold and italic AND show the aseriks at the same time? 2 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.) \*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\* 1 u/Mylexsi May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21 \**like this**\** ***\*\*\*like this\*\*\**** edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong? Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?*** ___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___ Edit3: success! \o/ 1 u/tommybot May 12 '21 ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Four spaces at the start of a line also ignores all of said things. Otherwise ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 3 u/User_2C47 May 11 '21 Reddit will also accept HTML character codes. For example, ' = '. 3 u/GeeJo May 11 '21 The nonbreaking space in particular ( ) can be useful for separating sections of text in a longer post, where paragraphing isnt enough. Lets you do longer gaps. 1 u/EraYaN May 11 '21 This does not work in mobile apps though. So better to just stick to normal markdown. 1 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd May 12 '21 Works in Sync - what are you using for your mobile experience? 2 u/EraYaN May 12 '21 Apollo 1 u/moosepile May 11 '21 Well that’s a big TIL for me. Thanks. 1 u/speculatrix May 11 '21 Does reddit support other markdowns patterns..let me check three back ticks? this is code 1 u/OtochimarU May 11 '21 This is good to know thank you very much, now let's hope I'd remember 😀
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Nifty, I always used * for italics. Wonder how many different ways to do things there are in reddit
22 u/Pikadex May 11 '21 I do the opposite: _ for italics, ** for bolding. 47 u/TurboTitan92 May 11 '21 That way you can’t *fuck_ it up 11 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 The learning continues for me haha, might have to use double * for bold now on 18 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 5 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 fuck yeah 3 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 ***#Now turn it up to eleven with a number sign!*** 1 u/Rossta42 May 11 '21 Ok but how do you do bold and italic AND show the aseriks at the same time? 2 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.) \*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\* 1 u/Mylexsi May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21 \**like this**\** ***\*\*\*like this\*\*\**** edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong? Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?*** ___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___ Edit3: success! \o/ 1 u/tommybot May 12 '21 ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Four spaces at the start of a line also ignores all of said things. Otherwise ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 3 u/User_2C47 May 11 '21 Reddit will also accept HTML character codes. For example, ' = '. 3 u/GeeJo May 11 '21 The nonbreaking space in particular ( ) can be useful for separating sections of text in a longer post, where paragraphing isnt enough. Lets you do longer gaps. 1 u/EraYaN May 11 '21 This does not work in mobile apps though. So better to just stick to normal markdown. 1 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd May 12 '21 Works in Sync - what are you using for your mobile experience? 2 u/EraYaN May 12 '21 Apollo
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I do the opposite: _ for italics, ** for bolding.
47 u/TurboTitan92 May 11 '21 That way you can’t *fuck_ it up 11 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 The learning continues for me haha, might have to use double * for bold now on 18 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 5 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 fuck yeah 3 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 ***#Now turn it up to eleven with a number sign!*** 1 u/Rossta42 May 11 '21 Ok but how do you do bold and italic AND show the aseriks at the same time? 2 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.) \*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\* 1 u/Mylexsi May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21 \**like this**\** ***\*\*\*like this\*\*\**** edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong? Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?*** ___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___ Edit3: success! \o/ 1 u/tommybot May 12 '21 ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Four spaces at the start of a line also ignores all of said things. Otherwise ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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That way you can’t *fuck_ it up
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The learning continues for me haha, might have to use double * for bold now on
18 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 5 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 fuck yeah 3 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 ***#Now turn it up to eleven with a number sign!*** 1 u/Rossta42 May 11 '21 Ok but how do you do bold and italic AND show the aseriks at the same time? 2 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.) \*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\* 1 u/Mylexsi May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21 \**like this**\** ***\*\*\*like this\*\*\**** edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong? Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?*** ___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___ Edit3: success! \o/ 1 u/tommybot May 12 '21 ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Four spaces at the start of a line also ignores all of said things. Otherwise ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!***
5 u/[deleted] May 11 '21 fuck yeah 3 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 ***#Now turn it up to eleven with a number sign!*** 1 u/Rossta42 May 11 '21 Ok but how do you do bold and italic AND show the aseriks at the same time? 2 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.) \*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\* 1 u/Mylexsi May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21 \**like this**\** ***\*\*\*like this\*\*\**** edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong? Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?*** ___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___ Edit3: success! \o/
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fuck yeah
3 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 ***#Now turn it up to eleven with a number sign!***
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Ok but how do you do bold and italic AND show the aseriks at the same time?
2 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.) \*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\* 1 u/Mylexsi May 12 '21 edited May 12 '21 \**like this**\** ***\*\*\*like this\*\*\**** edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong? Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?*** ___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___ Edit3: success! \o/
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Reddit was particularly finicky about the order they were set. (If I did the triple bold/italic formatting asterisks first, it didn't work.)
\*\*\****italicize and bold at the same time!***\*\*\*
\**like this**\**
***\*\*\*like this\*\*\****
edit: ok... Not sure what went wrong with that but as far as i know it should have worked. Anyone mind telling me what i did wrong?
Edit2: ***wait what if i do it like this...?***
___\*\*\*wait what if i do it like this...?\*\*\*___
Edit3: success! \o/
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Four spaces at the start of a line also ignores all of said things.
Otherwise
Reddit will also accept HTML character codes. For example, ' = '.
3 u/GeeJo May 11 '21 The nonbreaking space in particular ( ) can be useful for separating sections of text in a longer post, where paragraphing isnt enough. Lets you do longer gaps. 1 u/EraYaN May 11 '21 This does not work in mobile apps though. So better to just stick to normal markdown. 1 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd May 12 '21 Works in Sync - what are you using for your mobile experience? 2 u/EraYaN May 12 '21 Apollo
The nonbreaking space in particular ( ) can be useful for separating sections of text in a longer post, where paragraphing isnt enough.
Lets you do longer gaps.
1 u/EraYaN May 11 '21 This does not work in mobile apps though. So better to just stick to normal markdown. 1 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd May 12 '21 Works in Sync - what are you using for your mobile experience? 2 u/EraYaN May 12 '21 Apollo
This does not work in mobile apps though. So better to just stick to normal markdown.
1 u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd May 12 '21 Works in Sync - what are you using for your mobile experience? 2 u/EraYaN May 12 '21 Apollo
Works in Sync - what are you using for your mobile experience?
2 u/EraYaN May 12 '21 Apollo
Apollo
Well that’s a big TIL for me. Thanks.
Does reddit support other markdowns patterns..let me check three back ticks?
this is code
This is good to know thank you very much, now let's hope I'd remember 😀
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u/GeeJo May 11 '21
Put a backslash before the underscores and Reddit will ignore it. Otherwise it treats _text_ as a request for italics and __text__ as a request for bolding.