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[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Some useful thingie here:

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[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Just found out about 2 things:

1. CSS ain't working here :faint:

2. When you use HTML in your post, local Markdown marking ain't working within the elements (shown as plain keyboard input - like "**proper**" instead of "proper").

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Ahem!

What about those supposed "Markdown" "numbered lists"???

The above post as if contains such one - but the item numbers ain't shown altogether...
Let me try this:

blabla

blablabla

(those were "#" lines - what the hell?)

I humbly propose we could either change the kit to something else - WORKING - or maybe do something about the existing one? Uh? :doh:

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

The leading hash mark was treated as identifying a header, you have to use actual numbers. Having said that, I've never had much luck with lists ...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Now on Firefox, I can see the numbers!
Why didn't I with Chrome?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Now on Firefox, I can see the numbers!
Why didn't I with Chrome?

In Opera, I can see them too! <_<

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Lists?

Ahemmmm...

• First item
• Second item

A "bulleted" list with asterisks...

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

May I try a list, too?

• Item one (dash space)

• Item two the same

• Item three same with empty line before

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

^ Only the first one has a bullet in my Opera Dev25. Can anyone confirm?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

^ Only the first one has a bullet in my Opera Dev25. Can anyone confirm?

Yes, but would you mind showing your input?

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

• Asterix space

• again, just in next line

• again with empty line before

• again with 2 empty lines

• and again with 3 lines before

Ok... have to wait 600 seconds... lets add dash-space lines:

• dash space just after the normal text line

• and in the next line

• with an empty line in between

• with 2 empty lines

• with three empty lines

• • dash space dash space, one empty line before.

• • asterisk space asterisk space, directly after the previous entry
• • asterisk space dash space. It's silly, I know.

• • dash space asterisk space. That's enough.

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

• dash space

• dash space again

• dash space with empty line

- dash space
- dash space again

- dash space with empty line

Yes, but would you mind showing your input?

Actually, it was just like the items are named. Let's see if this works with the (pre)...

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

Look at the html. All three lines get put into a (ul), but the first (li) has the text without an added (p). So the (p)aragraph removes the bullet?

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

Testing again, this is normal text.

• star space following in newline

• star space following

• star space after an empty line

• star space following

• star space following

Normal text again, following an empty line.

• dash space after an empty line

• dash space following

• dash space after an empty line

• dash space after an empty line

Now, all of the above in pre:

Testing again, this is normal text.
* star space following in newline 
* star space following

* star space after an empty line 
* star space following
* star space following

Normal text again, following an empty line.

- dash space after an empty line
- dash space following

- dash space after an empty line

- dash space after an empty line

Now it removes something from pre???? The stars and dashes are in the "pre" when I edit the comment, but only the first two survive.

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

* star space 
* star space 

* star space 
* star space 

• star space

• star space

• star space

• star space

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

SNAFU, innit. These are copied from the Markdown link: A plus starts the line, then 3 spaces.

• Candy. one empty line before

• Gum. no empty line

• Booze. no empty line

• Candy. one empty line before

• Gum. no empty line

• Booze. no empty line

break: one empty line before

• Candy. one empty line before

• Gum. one empty line before

• Booze. one empty line before

break: one empty line before

• Candy. one empty line before
• Gum. no empty line
• Booze. no empty line

test in between text

• dash space new list
• dash space
• dash space

two or more empty lines are treated the same as one empty line.
An empty line seems to start a new paragraph, which removes the bullet of that (li) but sometimes (always?) also of the previous (li)! You need an empty line to start the (ul). So the way to go is to use one empty line, then all your list items with stars or + or dash, but never with empty lines in between. If you want two lists, you need some normal text in between, with empty lines above and below.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

You can use <hr>

Hey,

• star space

• star space

• star space

• star space

What's that BS? Your output didn't correspond with the input?
(By the way, how did you do that input display? segmented the element?)

[rufu2]

rufu2 last edited by

What's that BS? Your output didn't correspond with the input?

Nope. But I believe I've figured it out: Do not use empty lines in a list, ever.
It's actually in the help about Markdown, though it does not explain why an empty line removes the bullet from the li before and after it.

(By the way, how did you do that input display? segmented the element?)

Hm? I used <pre> tags, if that's what you mean.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by admin

In Chrome I saw this differently, and I tried `

` - it didn't work right.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by admin

Does anybody know if there's a way to make a textual tooltip like with"<abbr></abbr>" on MyOpera - other than messing with the Markdown links syntax (...)?

Just found a tip:

...

...
Who knows how to make such a tooltip under a forum smilie?

Just managed to make a smilie tooltipped: when you insert one, it puts itself embraced with spaces - one on each side — just have them included along with your smilie within the <abbr> - that's it

And besides, I just saw a normal "XP" word in the "Windows" section posted in a comment. Let me try if they've "remedied" the smilie's code:

XP

It works! :idea:
Let me see the smilie then? " :XP: " – yey! :cheers:
Thanks, dudes! :drunk: