If I use a SINGLE enter, it gets removed for some dumb reason (for “space efficiency”, my ass).

If I use TWO enters:

Like this, they stay.

What if I want to list things directly under each other? My only choice would be to use TWO enters and waste even more space.

Why not just respect the single and double use of enters? Unnecessary formatting!!!

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
    68·
    3 days ago

    It’s Markdown syntax. Single newlines are ignored so the text can be styled to be 80 characters wide for example but still have it rendered with another line length while two newlines result in a new paragraph. It’s not about “space efficiency”.

    To get a visible linebreak without creating a paragraph, add two spaces at the end of the line you want to break.

    hello↵
↵
this is the first line␣␣↵
this is the second line↵
↵
more text here

    … results in this:

    hello

    this is the first line
    this is the second line

    more text here

    (Actual rendering depends on your renderer.)

    • ValiantDust@feddit.org
      35·
      3 days ago

      You can also use a backslash instead of two spaces. For example, if your phone keyboard converts double space-presses to a period and you are too impatient to do them more slowly (definitely not me).

      Just add a backslash\
for a new line

      results in:

      Just add a backslash
      for a new line

      • sbird@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Not sure about Android (but if you can swap out your keyboard entirely on Android, you probably can) but on iOS you can disable the double press to create a period! It’s in there with the keyboard settings next to the options to disable stuff like autocorrect

        • ValiantDust@feddit.org
          2·
          2 days ago

          Yes, I can disable it. But I’m actually using the feature. Which probably contributes to the problem, because muscle memory makes me double press too fast.