~ is using a modified version of the Github Flavored Markdown (Commonmark) Spec. bold = **bold** italics = *italics* hyperlink = [hyperlink](http://webpage.com) edit: Here is the documentation for...
I've merged @flaque's document now (and made some minor edits to it myself), so it's on the Tildes Docs site here: https://docs.tildes.net/text-formatting
It's specially a markdown variant called Github Flavored Markdown, which is itself a Commonmark variant. Github Flavored Markdown is a much stricter spec that also fixes some issues original...
It's specially a markdown variant called Github Flavored Markdown, which is itself a Commonmark variant. Github Flavored Markdown is a much stricter spec that also fixes some issues original markdown has (which reddit still uses).
E.g. [wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/topic_(category)) = wiki link, whereas on reddit that would result in a broken link unless the first ) was escaped with \
I'd love it if they had a "live preview" like on reddit. Also I'm not super familiar with markdown so it'd also be nice if there was a list while posting possibly?
I'd love it if they had a "live preview" like on reddit. Also I'm not super familiar with markdown so it'd also be nice if there was a list while posting possibly?
That's been discussed already and is likely coming eventually, @deimos is just trying to figure out how best to implement it: https://tildes.net/~tildes/4n/feature_request_message_preview#comment-bj
That's been discussed already and is likely coming eventually, @deimos is just trying to figure out how best to implement it:
Yeah, that has also been talked about, e.g. perhaps using some features similar to Reddit Enhancement Suite's comment box to help people who are unfamiliar with markdown... but in the mean time,...
Yeah, that has also been talked about, e.g. perhaps using some features similar to Reddit Enhancement Suite's comment box to help people who are unfamiliar with markdown... but in the mean time, feel free to read the documentation on the ~ comment syntax that @flaque worked on creating.
~ is using a modified version of the Github Flavored Markdown (Commonmark) Spec.
bold =
**bold**italics =
*italics*hyperlink =
[hyperlink](http://webpage.com)edit: Here is the documentation for the ~ specific comment syntax (thanks again, @flaque)
I've merged @flaque's document now (and made some minor edits to it myself), so it's on the Tildes Docs site here: https://docs.tildes.net/text-formatting
Ah, perfect... I'll point people there from now on.
It's specially a markdown variant called Github Flavored Markdown, which is itself a Commonmark variant. Github Flavored Markdown is a much stricter spec that also fixes some issues original markdown has (which reddit still uses).
E.g.
[wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/topic_(category))= wiki link, whereas on reddit that would result in a broken link unless the first ) was escaped with \Oops, I just realized my go-to regex for parsing markdown links
\[([\W\w]+?)\]\([\W\w]+?\)is broken.I'd love it if they had a "live preview" like on reddit. Also I'm not super familiar with markdown so it'd also be nice if there was a list while posting possibly?
That's been discussed already and is likely coming eventually, @deimos is just trying to figure out how best to implement it:
https://tildes.net/~tildes/4n/feature_request_message_preview#comment-bj
Great! And the markup assistance for those of us who aren't in programming or IT? ☺
Yeah, that has also been talked about, e.g. perhaps using some features similar to Reddit Enhancement Suite's comment box to help people who are unfamiliar with markdown... but in the mean time, feel free to read the documentation on the ~ comment syntax that @flaque worked on creating.
Ah! I didn't realise. Yes native support would be great, so long as it doesn't bog stuff down