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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Gotta respect that double spacing. 👍

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I don't get it, what double spacing?

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

The double spaces between sentences. Tbh, it is kinda nice for readability.

[-] flathead@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

If you were taught on a typewriter, you double space for life. It's impossible to stop once ingrained.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

I was taught by people who were taught on typewriters, and it's still ingrained.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OK that doesn't show here (Firefox on Linux), I actually copied the text into an editor, and searched for double spaces, and none were found.
Tried another Browser Falkon which uses QtWebEngine, and there are no doublespaces there either.
So apparently some browsers render Lemmy posts differently.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Browsers collapse whitespace unless told not to by the webpage CSS. I'm not using a browser though, I'm using Boost for Lemmy.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Ah that explains it. 👍

[-] Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"Boost for Lemmy" I learned a thing existed today, that I was unaware of yesterday. Thank you for that!

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I am happy to have accidentally helped someone. 😁 Take care!

[-] Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I really wish it would come back in style. I hate the single space after a full stop, it feels inadequate.

[-] MBM 1 points 1 year ago

Huh, I thought Markdown basically just ignored all extra whitespace

[-] j0hn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

HTML in browsers ignores the whitespace, I think, not markdown specifically.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Plus, Markdown is more like guidelines than a standard.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the thing, yes. I'm using an app to browse Lemmy.

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