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• flathead@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • frezik@midwest.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah that explains it. 👍

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    • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• MBM@lemmings.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Huh, I thought Markdown basically just ignored all extra whitespace

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  • j0hn@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Plus, Markdown is more like guidelines than a standard.

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    • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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