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Why do two lines of text ignore spacing unless more than one line is between them and how to not make it happen? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I apologize if this is not right to post here but im not sure where to go with this one as i havent really found an answer myself.

See, heres the thing, as yall surely know when i hit enter on a line once it will not work, it has to be two.

Is that intentional, if so why?

how does one disable that?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's the way Markdown works. If you put two spaces at the end of a line
before hitting enter, then it will only do a normal linebreak.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Example: Type

Once upon a midnight dreary  
While I was pondering, weak and weary  
Over many a quiant and curious volume of forgotten lore

To get:

Once upon a midnight dreary
While I was pondering, weak and weary
Over many a quiant and curious volume of forgotten lore

(You can highlight the source code to find the extra spaces at the end of each line). Note that this is different from paragraphs, which add spacing between them:

Once upon a midnight dreary

While I was pondering, weak and weary

Over many a quiant and curious volume of forgotten lore

Once upon a midnight dreary

While I was pondering, weak and weary

Over many a quiant and curious volume of forgotten lore

[–] mark 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For anyone who cares, you can get this same behavior of a normal line break by holding shift while pressing enter as well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not
in
markdown

(Pressed Shift+Return after every word.)

Not in markdown.

But it works in other word processors (like Word, libreoffice) that distinguish between line breaks and paragraph breaks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Apparently it works in Thunder

EDIT: And Photon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting.