Why can't we have simple HTML in comments; or at least newlines and tabs? I think it would be good if we had such functionality.
3 Answers
IMHO, the basic formatting that's already available — *
italic*
, **
bold**
and monospace
(using ` on either side) — is quite sufficient for comments.
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1I miss [this link syntax][1]. It keeps the comment "source code" nice and tidy.– exhumaAug 31, 2009 at 20:59
probably because comments are designed to be kept small and to the point. as SO isn't a forum, if you need to write a detailed response, it probably is an answer?
Click the help link under [add comment] to see a summary of the available formatting options. HTML is explicitly not supported, just a subset of markdown we call "Mini-Markdown".
monospace font
. There's also automatic conversion of URLs to links: google.com