- Line Breaks
- Inserting A Blank Line
- Inserting A Blank Line Using A Dash
- Commenting
- Reading
- Posting
- Tables
- Common issues
- Line-Starting Characters
- Start Quoted Lines With > Greater-Than
- Start Bullet Lines With * Asterisks Or - Dashes
- Numbering
- Start Numbered Lines With 1. Number And Period
- Starting Lines With Spaces
- Start Title Lines With # Hashes
- One hash
This page contains some of the more common formatting usages when commenting. For a complete list of all formatting usages, you may read the Reddit Markdown Primer or Comment Formatting.
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Line Breaks
Individual line breaks are ignored, so if you type:
Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha
Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh
It displays without line break:
Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh
To display a line break in your post, put two spaces (shown as underscores) at the end of the line:
Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha__
Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh
It displays a line break:
Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha Hu Ha
Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh Eh Meh
Or use a double line break to start a new paragraph.
Inserting A Blank Line
To insert a blank line, use the double line break mentioned above and put "
", then another double line break, will enter a single blank line:
First Line<Enter>
<Enter>
<Enter>
<Enter>
Second Line
Inserting A Blank Line Using A Dash
After a blank line, without a dash or double line break:
line 1
line 3
The gap between will not display:
line 1
line 3
After a blank line, a line with just a single dash with no spaces:
line 1
-
line 4
Will create an extra line gap without the dash:
line 1
line 4
After a blank line, a line with a dash followed by a space (shown as underscore):
line 1
-_
line 4
Will create a bullet instead of a line gap, without line break:
line 1
- line 4
After a blank line, a line with a dash followed by a space (shown as underscore) followed by another blank line:
line 1
-_
line 5
Will create a bullet instead of a line gap, with a line break:
line 1
line 5
Commenting
You may post comments on any SaidIt post, and read comments that other people have shared. You may even vote on them! Like the posts, comments will rise and fall in the rankings as users vote on them. The more votes you earn, the higher your Comment Karma grow.
Reading
saidit uses threaded comments — when you reply to someone's comment, it gets indented below it. **Collapse an entire comment tree by clicking the [–] on the first line of the parent comment.
Posting
You can format your comments using the Markdown syntax. Here is a quick reference table:
you type: | you see: |
*italics* |
italics |
_italics_ |
italics |
**bold** |
bold |
__bold__ |
bold |
***bold italics*** |
bold italics |
**_bold italics_** |
bold italics |
___bold italics___ |
bold italics |
super^script |
superscript |
~~strikethrough~~ |
|
[saidit!](https://saidit.net) |
saidit! |
(tab or 4 spaces)preformatted text Requires a blank line between the code and any normal text above. |
preformatted text |
blah blah `inline code text` blah blah | blah blah inline code text blah blah |
\*escape the formatting syntax\* | *escape the formatting syntax* |
This table can also be accessed from any comment box by clicking the "help" link.
Superscripted text can also be enclosed in parentheses. Text inside the parentheses can include spaces and text after the closing parenthesis will not be superscripted, even if not separated by a space:
This is a sentence^(This is a note in superscript). | This is a sentenceThis is a note in superscript. |
For more advanced syntax options, see the Official Markdown Syntax.
Tables
You can create a table by organizing pipes (|), hyphens (-) and text within a particular syntax. For example, inputting this:
Column A | Column B | Column C
---------|----------|----------
A1 | B1 | C1
A2 | B2 | C2
will display this:
Column A | Column B | Column C |
---|---|---|
A1 | B1 | C1 |
A2 | B2 | C2 |
To change the alignment of the elements in a column, add a colon (:) to the left side, right side, or both sides of the appropriate set of hyphens on the second line. For example, inputting this:
Column L | Column C | Column R
:--------|:--------:|---------:
A1 | B1 | C1
A2 | B2 | C2
will display this:
Column L | Column C | Column R |
---|---|---|
A1 | B1 | C1 |
A2 | B2 | C2 |
Note that in both cases, only one hyphen is needed between the pipes on the second line, and no spaces are needed to separate table elements from pipes on the third and fourth lines. Adding multiple hyphens and spaces may be useful for clarity, but they will not affect the final layout.
Lines with table syntax can be preceded with pipe characters, but this is entirely optional.
Be warned: pressing enter twice and putting blank lines between lines with table syntax will break table formatting.
Common issues
Links with special characters
An issue affects links to Wikipedia and websites with similar URLs. To link to:
escape the problematic characters "(" and ")" by adding backslashes in front:
The same applies to named links:
[Pica (disorder)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_\(disorder\))
renders as:
Line-Starting Characters
Line-starting characters are critically important.
Three dashes --- alone on a line will create a dividing line across the page.
Start Quoted Lines With > Greater-Than
> A fine quote
will display as:
A fine quote
Start Bullet Lines With * Asterisks Or - Dashes
* A fine bullet
will display as:
- A fine bullet
- Another bullet line follows like this, made with an asterisk
- A bullet line with a space in front of the * asterisk indents it further
- A bullet line with two spaces in front of the * asterisk makes no difference
- A fine bullet
will display as:
- A fine bullet
- Another bullet line follows like this, made with a dash
- A bullet line with a space in front of the dash indents it further
- A bullet line with two spaces in front of the dash makes no difference
Numbering
If a number is followed by a period at the beginning of a line, Markdown interprets it as a numbered list and always starts at one.
For example, if you typed "2009. What a year.", it will output as "1. What a year." To fix this, put a backslash in front of the period: "2009. What a year."
2009. What a year.
Start Numbered Lines With 1. Number And Period
1. A fine bullet
will display as:
- A fine bullet
- Another bullet line follows like this, made with a 5. but is auto numbered
- A bullet line with a space in front of the 3. indents it further
- A bullet line with two spaces in front of the 2. makes no difference
Meanwhile if you replace just the period "." with a bracket ")" you'll get this:
1) A fine bullet 5) Another bullet line follows like this, made with a 5) but is auto numbered 3) A bullet line with a space in front of the 3) indents it further 2) A bullet line with two spaces in front of the 2) makes no difference
Because there were no line breaks it all clumped together. To correct this we'll add two spaces at the end each line, and show all the key spaces as underscores:
1) A fine bullet__
5) Another bullet line follows like this, made with a 5) but is auto numbered__
_3) A bullet line with a space in front of the 3) indents it further__
__2) A bullet line with two spaces in front of the 2) makes no difference__
Will display as:
1) A fine bullet
5) Another bullet line follows like this, made with a 5) but is auto numbered
3) A bullet line with a space in front of the 3) indents it further
2) A bullet line with two spaces in front of the 2) makes no difference
Starting Lines With Spaces
Spaces in front of non-bullet lines are ignored - until you add 4 spaces to preformat text.
____4 spaces before this sentence
will display a tiny indent and preformatted non-word-wrap text, spreading across the width of the page no matter how short or long and will create a horizontal scroll bar if maximum width is exceeded:
4 spaces before this sentence will display a tiny indent and preformatted non-word-wrap text, spreading across the width of the page no matter how short or long and will create a horizontal scroll bar if maximum width is exceeded
Some normal formatted text without 4 spaces before it to break up the preformatted text mode for this next short example:
4 spaces + short text = still crosses the page
Start Title Lines With # Hashes
Starting lines with a "#" hash or number symbol make them titles of sections or subsections. A space after the hash before the title is optional.
Two hashes starting a line is an alternative and the same as a line of title text followed by the next line of all --- dashes underlining, as all the titles on this page.
That large spaces above and below the titles cannot be edited in Markdown but can be adjusted with CSS.
#One hash
shows:
One hash
# Two hashes
shows:
Two hashes
### Three hashes
shows:
Three hashes
####Four hashes
shows:
Four hashes
##### Five hashes
shows:
Five hashes
Six hashes (all caps regardless)
# Seven hashes (same as 6+1)
## Eight hashes (same as 6+2) etc...
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