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0 pointsSoftTalker2y ago0 comments

Most people don't write file paths. Only a concern for programmers, who should be fine escaping them by whatever mechanism.

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jitl2y ago

Most people don’t write markdown! What’s the demographic of markdown writers who don’t write file paths? Bloggers?

Macha2y ago

Notion users, Reddit users, etc.

I will say that forward slashes are still more common in regular english text even among non-programmers than underscores. For example, listing options a/b/c.

And you know, URLs.

jitl2y ago

I don’t really think of Notion as “markdown” but I suppose you’re right since we support a bunch of markdown conventions. Some things are different though like `> ` is a toggle block, and `” ` a quote block. Unfortunately we already abuse / for a command menu, which is by far my least favorite feature. I want to make a setting to disable it but it goes against our anti-settings philosophy.

melagonster2y ago

this may be a huge number, because Evernote and a lot of note applications relying on markdown.

zmix2y ago

> Evernote

Since when?

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dyarosla2y ago

Uh.. what about all those non programmers that write URLs?

kej2y ago

I think many/most people use slashes more often than they use asterisks, however.

simonklitj2y ago

Sure, but a slash before and after a word? I don’t think that’s common outside of file paths.

kej2y ago

Using slashes for a short/small/abbreviated list is relatively common. For example, the top post on the hiring thread right now is for a "Full-stack/frontend/product engineer". There's another one describing a "M/W/Th" hybrid schedule.

oneeyedpigeon2y ago

Not even common including file paths, unless you mean directory paths. Even then, only necessary if you really want to unambiguously indicate a directory in the path itself.

doubleunplussed2y ago

And in markdown you chuck them between backticks to indicate they're verbatim text to be rendered in monospace.

blooalien2y ago

> "And in markdown you chuck them between backticks to indicate they're verbatim text to be rendered in monospace."

Only if the intent is for the URL to be copy/pasted, otherwise you enclose the URL in <url> or [text](url) to make it clickable.

mort962y ago

Most markdown implementations make URLs clickable without the angle brackets.

FinnKuhn2y ago

no, but most people definitely use links in their texts and they have the same problem. / is also regularly used for fractions or/and in a situation where you could use two words

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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jitl2y ago

Most people don’t write markdown! What’s the demographic of markdown writers who don’t write file paths? Bloggers?

Macha2y ago

Notion users, Reddit users, etc.

I will say that forward slashes are still more common in regular english text even among non-programmers than underscores. For example, listing options a/b/c.

And you know, URLs.

jitl2y ago

melagonster2y ago

this may be a huge number, because Evernote and a lot of note applications relying on markdown.

zmix2y ago

> Evernote

Since when?

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dyarosla2y ago

Uh.. what about all those non programmers that write URLs?

kej2y ago

I think many/most people use slashes more often than they use asterisks, however.

simonklitj2y ago

Sure, but a slash before and after a word? I don’t think that’s common outside of file paths.

kej2y ago

oneeyedpigeon2y ago

Not even common including file paths, unless you mean directory paths. Even then, only necessary if you really want to unambiguously indicate a directory in the path itself.

doubleunplussed2y ago

And in markdown you chuck them between backticks to indicate they're verbatim text to be rendered in monospace.

blooalien2y ago

> "And in markdown you chuck them between backticks to indicate they're verbatim text to be rendered in monospace."

Only if the intent is for the URL to be copy/pasted, otherwise you enclose the URL in <url> or [text](url) to make it clickable.

mort962y ago

Most markdown implementations make URLs clickable without the angle brackets.

FinnKuhn2y ago

no, but most people definitely use links in their texts and they have the same problem. / is also regularly used for fractions or/and in a situation where you could use two words

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse