Different display of .md format text in different Android apps (lemmy.today)

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I tried opening the .md file in different text reading applications. However, the text display varied from one application to another.

Some apps display the hyphen normally, while others display a circle instead of the hyphen. Selecting text and navigating by title does not work everywhere.

But what's more outrageous is that paragraphs and indents don't work. The text just randomly blurs in different directions.

Why is there such chaos with displaying text in this format?

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[-] b3an@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I would guess it is how each developer choose to implement it. Markdown is really just simple text. Usually apps are enriching it based on that, but each can implement it differently. Obsidian.md is how I like my Markdown to look. But it’s not a Lemmy app. I think they use front-matter or something

this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2023

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