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!!!

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
    42·
    8 days ago

    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 line

    more text here

    (Actual rendering depends on your renderer.)

    • dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      1·
      5 days ago

      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?

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    10·
    8 days ago

    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
    1. Or numbered lists
    2. Like this one
    3. Which is pretty much just what-you-see-is-what-you-get
  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 days ago

    Two spaces after the last character.
    Like
    This
    On my phone I have to wait about a second between each space I enter because Android wants to automatically add a “.” to the end of a sentence if I double space too fast.