• felsiq@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Markdown uses underscores for italic, which is why they also need to be escaped with backslashes.

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      2 months ago

      Although I know this, I cannot remember where I need to escape. So I just have two custom autocorrections: shrug which yields the regular (and broken on Lemmy) ¯_(ツ)_/¯ for general use and shrugmd with the markdown variant for the use on e.g. Lemmy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      In the end it’s:

          shrug: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
          shrugmd: ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ 
      
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          2 months ago

          Technically correct, but back, when Reddit allowed 3rd party apps, I did get the occasional “Hey you lost something” comment, as some apps had a broken markdown rendered that wouldn’t display it without.

          Also it can have side effects if you use an underscore in the same paragraph or use it twice in a row, as it then suddenly can render as italic.

          ¯\_(ツ)/¯ Not sure how Lemmy reacts, though ¯\_(ツ)