If I use a SINGLE enter, it gets removed for some dumb reason (for “space efficiency”, my ass).
If I use TWO enters:
Like this, they stay.
What if I want to list things directly under each other? My only choice would be to use TWO enters and waste even more space.
Why not just respect the single and double use of enters? Unnecessary formatting!!!
Thanks for the question. I’ve been wondering how to do this myself.
Same on Reddit but oh well im not rly there anymore
Two spaces at the end of the line
Will give you what you’re looking for- Markdown also supports
- Using asterisks followed by a space at the beginning of the line
- To create bullet points like this
- Or numbered lists
- Like this one
- Which is pretty much just what-you-see-is-what-you-get
- one asterisk
Text inside first asterisk
- single dash
Text inside
- one asterisk
It’s Markdown syntax. Single newlines are ignored so the text can be styled to be 80 characters wide for example but still have it rendered with another line length while two newlines result in a new paragraph. It’s not about “space efficiency”.
To get a visible linebreak without creating a paragraph, add two spaces at the end of the line you want to break.
hello↵ ↵ this is the first line␣␣↵ this is the second line↵ ↵ more text here… results in this:
hello
this is the first line
this is the second linemore text here
(Actual rendering depends on your renderer.)
Aha I see. Very informative, thanks. But what are the presumable downsides of just having enters work as regular enters?
I think (?) I understand the appeal of all lines having the same full width, but this can still be accomplished by just not using any enters. Right?And having the rendering work just like the text editor, of course only adds bonus points to the overall user experience.
What am I missing?You can also use a backslash instead of two spaces. For example, if your phone keyboard converts double space-presses to a period and you are too impatient to do them more slowly (definitely not me).
Just add a backslash\ for a new lineresults in:
Just add a backslash
for a new line
