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Markdown - just how CAN I use it?

federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
edited May 2014 in NewBuddhist.com

I want to use Markdown to post - but clicking on the link just takes me to a page explaining what it is.

I believe @Lincoln would like to promote its use much more widely here; so, how do I go about using it?

Comments

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator

    Using the Button Bar above the comment box automatically inserts it. You just type it in the comment box, otherwise.

    For instance to do bold in HTML (what we used before) you'd type: <b>bold</b>

    In Markdown it's: **bold**

    It's not much easier to remember, but it is easier to type than all those angle braces.

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator
    edited May 2014

    Typing a list is 1 thing where Markdown really kills HTML.

    This is a list in HTML:

    <ul>
    <li>item 1</li>
    <li>item 2</li>
    </ul>
    

    This is a list in Markdown:

    `* Item 1

    • Item 2`

    Either produces this outcome:

    • Item 1
    • Item 2
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    `so I just click the 'c' button....

    bold`

    italic

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Good grief, how much easier is that?

    Doofus here never bothered to investigate the C button.
    Never occurred to me.
    Well, it wouldn't, would it, not with my techno-blindness....

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    ``* item one

    • item two
  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator
    edited May 2014

    The 'C' button is specifically for doing code examples like I did above. It just puts backticks around something, and anything inside the backticks isn't formatted. Caveat: it doesn't work with double line breaks :)

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Hmmmmm....
    So...sorry... How do I actually IMPLEMENT Markdown...?

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    God you must think I'm a whole new type of thick....

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited May 2014

    bold

    italic

    • item

    *item too

    What's the #tag for?
    Is it the same as @Linc‌....?

    And I have to say, the paragraphing/ line spacing is a problem.

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator
    edited May 2014

    I don't follow. You don't "implement" it - it's just the way your comment is read & formatted.

    The #tag is a search feature. Click it. //edit: ha, it doesn't work right. I should probably remove that.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    (Why is my listing not working like yours??)

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator

    You have a double line break in the middle. Single only.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I did a single to begin with. Got the same result, hence my trying to insert another line space...

    *list one
    *list two....

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    That was a single return....

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Oh goodness.. I am posting from my phone, I should have said from the start!

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator

    There is a space between the asterisk and the first letter.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I would think posting from a phone would make a difference...Sony XPERIA...chrome.

    And any hope for emoticons?

  • ToraldrisToraldris   -`-,-{@     Zen Nud... Buddhist     @}-,-`-   East Coast, USA Veteran
    edited September 2014

    A new addition to markdown is supposed to be strikethrough, activated with double-tildes before and after the text (i.e. foo would give you foo). For some reason it doesn't work here.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I think @Linc has come across some minor glitches... smileys are probably the least of his problems. Spacing is an issue, and even using one asterisk before and after text, makes a difference.
    I'm using a single asterisk before and after this word:

    see?

    It has the same effect as the underscores...

    see?

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Gentle Man Veteran

    That is an optional part in markdown, both above work the same. There were two subversions of markdown developed, one used underscores, one single asterisks. @linc implemented BOTH here.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited September 2014

    Why? There seems little point, in my opinion....

    It's an inconvenience when people feel a need to use asterisks to make specific effects... For example, when people want to sigh.... the intention is lost as it becomes an italicised word.

    Basically 'Markdown' works differently to any other formatting on any other website, and frankly, some find it bothersome.

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    @federica said:
    Basically 'Markdown' works differently to any other formatting on any other website, and frankly, some find it bothersome.

    I've marked it down. :p

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    I rest my case. :p .

    SarahT
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    What happened to "the customer is always right?" :p

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    @SpinyNorman said:
    What happened to "the customer is always right?" :p

    "....Bloody-minded, rude, opinionated, arrogant, foul-mouthed, insolent and patronising - but never wrong!"

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    I thought customer service was supposed to be better across the pond? :p

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    It's excellent. Providing the customer does exactly what the store demands of them.... :p .

    The service industry here is not regarded with as much professional respect as it is in the USA.
    There's a fine art to Customer Service, and up until recently, it seems, being in the Public Service sector was a cause for pride in one's work, in America.
    That flavour may now be changing, if it hasn't already, but the same (previous?) level of pride has never been existent here.

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    My irritation is with phoning call centres. The other day, at the end of another frustrating and pointless conversation, the "customer service advisor" ( yuk! ) was obviously reading from some inane transatlantic script and said in a bored voice: "Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
    Me ( wearily ) "No, you still haven't helped me on the problem I keep phoning you about. You're the fifth person I've spoken to, and you all say something different and none of it makes any sense."
    Advisor: "Oh well. Have a nice day!"

    Humph. I suppose that's the modern idea of good customer service?

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Gentle Man Veteran

    Well, as to liking markdown? I find it a mess. But then I am used to html.

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    I don't even know what html is. Or rather I used to know but then lost interest. ;)

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator
    edited September 2014

    If you want asterisks to print, backslash them: \*test\*

    Creates: *test*

    Same goes for any punctuation you want to print that triggers Markdown.

    It's more common for asterisks to represent emphasis than an action, hence the default.

  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    Why do I find that, when I select emoticons, I seem to get type rather than a picture? Let's try it here:

    :banghead: :dunce: :banghead: :hiding:

    OK - so first three work but the last one?

  • ToraldrisToraldris   -`-,-{@     Zen Nud... Buddhist     @}-,-`-   East Coast, USA Veteran
    edited September 2014

    @SarahT You need to put something after the last one if there's no text following it. I usually do the HTML code for a space, which is &nbsp; (but some people use a period).

    ;)  
    :)  
    :D  

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    :banghead: :dunce: :banghead: :hiding:

    Is there a list of these emoticons somewhere?

  • ToraldrisToraldris   -`-,-{@     Zen Nud... Buddhist     @}-,-`-   East Coast, USA Veteran
    edited September 2014

    @SpinyNorman‌ There's a smiley face drop-down box at the top-right of the editor, and it brings up a 5x11 grid of emoticons.

  • ToraldrisToraldris   -`-,-{@     Zen Nud... Buddhist     @}-,-`-   East Coast, USA Veteran
    edited September 2014

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran
    edited September 2014

    @AldrisTorvalds said:
    SpinyNorman‌ There's a smiley face drop-down box at the top-right of the editor, and it brings up a 5x11 grid of emoticons.

    Doh!
    :rolleyes:

    I used to use that, then it disappeared and....anyway

    EDIT - so why isn't :rolleys: working above??

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Ok.
    end of sentence.
    space.
    Emoticon.
    space.
    full stop (or period, as the USA puts it.)

    here we go. :) .

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited September 2014

    @SpinyNorman said: Doh!

    ... :rolleyes: .
    >
    I used to use that, then it disappeared and....anyway
    >
    EDIT - so why isn't :rolleyes: working above??

    It is now....

  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    @federica said:

    I'll have a go.
    :rolleyes: .

  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    Aha! Thanks @AldrisTorvalds :D  

    Any hints for remembering what html is for a space? :eek2:  

  • ToraldrisToraldris   -`-,-{@     Zen Nud... Buddhist     @}-,-`-   East Coast, USA Veteran

    @SarahT hmm "AND" you want a space, so the &... then the NB part can make you think "NewBuddhist", and the SP part "Space", don't know about the ; at the end.

    I just remember it from having to use it. Practice makes perfect.

  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    Like! Thank you

    :cool:  

  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator

    We're doing some fixes for emoticons very soon.

    Our forum software has a much better way of doing them now, but your humble administrator hasn't taken the time to painstakingly translate all our emoticons one-by-one to the new system yet. :) Soon.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Quit with the 'humble'... You deserve a medal for the work you do here, @Linc. :) .

    lobster
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran

    @federica said:
    Quit with the 'humble'... You deserve a medal for the work you do here, Linc. :) .

    He can give himself a special badge. :p .

    Toraldrislobster
  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator

    A new editor should help out :)

  • @Linc said:
    A new editor should help out :)

    (*)

    Very cool. ##Wonderful

    Doing my best to create

    a heading

    ah of course . . . you can not use it mid sentence

    Just when you thought it was idiot proof, along comes a better idiot (c'est moi)

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Gentle Man Veteran

    Emoji, well the old unique ones might come back sometime then? Not in a rush, mind you, @linc.

  • I like 'going dark'/stealth mode . . . try double arrows on right of toolbar . . . looks like we iz evolving . . . ;)

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