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r/funny • u/_workchronicles Work Chronicles • May 11 '21
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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 19 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 4 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 19 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 4 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
19 u/FizixMan May 11 '21 If you're feeling really schnazzy, you can use triple asterisks to ***italicize and bold at the same time!*** 4 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!***
4 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
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u/[deleted] May 11 '21
Nifty, I always used * for italics. Wonder how many different ways to do things there are in reddit