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Em dashes and emojis

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I just got a line across the page: ---

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You only get a horizontal line when you have the three dashes sit alone on a line

But when you use it inline---then it should render as an emdash or--an endash

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't do it for me on Thunder.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nor on Jerboa. But lemmy-ui (the default web UI) does it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Some of this may depend on your client. If you do a triple dash by itself on its own line:

You get a horizontal rule in most clients, including the default web UI and all of the major browser based clients I've tried.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Why am I bold? why does markdown do my head in. Its really not that hard.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not seeing it in Voyager, but I'm guessing you made a header:

Main header
===========

Level 2 header
--------------

The number of dashes or equality signs doesn't have to match, so I think that's what you did.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nice. Thanks!

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025

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