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0 pointsfennecfoxy16d ago0 comments

Tbf I've always hated that about HN formatting as it's not very clear at all that that's how it works.

If there's a newline in my comment, why not retain it? Whyyyyy?!

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xigoi16d ago

Because of the 6 people who write HN comments in Vim with hard wrapping turned on.

That isn't really a problem because the comment should just be posted hard-

wrapped. It looks better that way.

xigoi16d ago

Only if viewed in a monospace font in a window wide enough to fit the entire line.

as a vim user I feel unnecrserrily called out

We just need some Markdown love here. That'll solve everything!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

xigoi16d ago

Because of the 6 people who write HN comments in Vim with hard wrapping turned on.

That isn't really a problem because the comment should just be posted hard-

wrapped. It looks better that way.

xigoi16d ago

Only if viewed in a monospace font in a window wide enough to fit the entire line.

as a vim user I feel unnecrserrily called out

We just need some Markdown love here. That'll solve everything!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse