• kamenLady.
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    322 months ago

    Pssst

    got something for ya:

    \

    • @GraniteM
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      22 months ago

      You know, I think it’s something with the formatting here where it makes the slash disappear. Not sure what syntax I’d need to use to make the whole thing appear properly.

      • @[email protected]
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        92 months ago

        It’s a markdown dialect, \ is the escape char, so you need to escape it :)
        Same as r*ddit in that regard.

        • @GraniteM
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          2 months ago

          ¯\(ツ)

          Except double slashes makes the underscores disappear.

          ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          So… it looks like adding a slash before the slash and before each underscore does the trick. Thanks!

          • @[email protected]
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            42 months ago

            Markdown uses underscores for italic, which is why they also need to be escaped with backslashes.

            • ich_iel
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              62 months ago

              Although I know this, I cannot remember where I need to escape. So I just have two custom autocorrections: shrug which yields the regular (and broken on Lemmy) ¯_(ツ)_/¯ for general use and shrugmd with the markdown variant for the use on e.g. Lemmy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

              In the end it’s:

                  shrug: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
                  shrugmd: ¯\\\_(ツ)\_
              • @samus12345
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                32 months ago

                Only need the 3 slashes on the right arm, like so:

                ¯\\\_(ツ)_
                • ich_iel
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                  2 months ago

                  Technically correct, but back, when Reddit allowed 3rd party apps, I did get the occasional “Hey you lost something” comment, as some apps had a broken markdown rendered that wouldn’t display it without.

                  Also it can have side effects if you use an underscore in the same paragraph or use it twice in a row, as it then suddenly can render as italic.

                  ¯\_(ツ)/¯ Not sure how Lemmy reacts, though ¯\_(ツ)