Hi Power Users,
Can anyone help me with escape the greater than symbol at the start of a sentence? Backslash works but also prints itself, which is essentially making the sentence not starting with >.
So if I use \>asdfdsf, I get the following
\>asdfdsf
If I use >asdfdsf, it becomes
asdfdsf
I can't just have >asdfdsf.
Thanks but that's wrapping it with a code block. Can't do it as normal text?
>there's a zero-width space hidden there
The usual markdown and > tricks don't seem to work here.
>asdfdsf
I see, that seems to be laborious. Do you do it use alt ascii? I copy and pasted.
How often are you needing to open a line with >?
Not that often, more of a curious question because Markdown has been around for a long time, it *should* allow all special characters. I thought there must be some tricks I didn't know about, and you proved that point :) It's really for emoticons/ascii art.
You could setup a text replacement thing if you're on an Apple platform. On Windows, a cursory search didn't turn up a global equivalent.
Yeah, everything is wrapped in html.
Isn't everything?
(except <html>)
As opposed to having an html mode. It doesn't need to have one I suppose.
They have the internet on computers now?
Internet, eh?
I think I just logged onto my internet
Eww, clean up that sticky mess!
Ah dammit. The link below also applies to this post
I don't think theres a way to escape angled brackets in the markdown syntax without also printing the backslash — something needs to be added to the markdown library for that.
For now you could use this symbol
〉 Example using U+232A Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Unicode Character
or
❱ Example U+2771 Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament
Thank you for the official answer. Those tall/thick brackets make emoticons look weird though. I think I can live with alt-8203 if I really have to, or code blocks as the other two users suggested.
it works on reddit.
Genuine question in case it comes across as being smart. Why do you need to know this? How are you using/wanting to use this markdown?
I was wondering the same thing, surely it’s not that hard to reword a sentence so the > symbol is not first?
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/15823962
The use and abuse of software is always observed and expected. No point to question the motivation.
Ok. I'm still confused but let's just leave it at that.
That was a use case to answer your question as to why or how it's applicable.
I don't know about others, but if a symbol is printed on a keyboard, my program should allow it to be displayed however it was intended. That's a very basic requirement. Frequency and utility are irrelevant. You don't train your users to triple-click the left mouse button when they needed to click the right mouse button, until the right mouse button is made obsolete and physically gone from the hardware.
Greater than sign is the universal quote symbol in the context of message boards.
You cold use a code block?
Yes, someone has commented above.
Kind of sad no one talks code here, never even seen the code block used even though it says you can in the Formatting Help links.
Presumably the code block crowd still lives at whirlpool. It would be hilarious if they put on a stackoverflow theme here for April Fools at some stage.
Excepting a defined & published way to cleanly escape the markup-defined use of that character, you might be happy with a near-neighbour from the unicode charset.
﹥ small greater-than sign 0177145 65125 0xFE65 ﹥
＞ fullwidth greater-than sign 0177436 65310 0xFF1E ＞
⋗ greater-than with dot 021327 8919 0x22D7 ⋗
≫ much greater-than 021153 8811 0x226B ≫
⪢ double nested greater-than 025242 10914 0x2AA2 ⪢
⋙ very much greater-than 021331 8921 0x22D9 ⋙
Actually, I forgot this one which is nearly the identical symbol but not the same charset ID:
˃ modifier letter right arrowhead 01303 707 0x2C3 ˃
Oh options, I love options!
﹥_﹥
＞_＞
⋗_⋗
≫_≫
⋙_⋙
˃_˃
vs 'normal' below (code block and zero-width white space)
>_>
>_>
The last one (arrow head) wins methinks :)
∞ would also escape > … sadly, that is a math solution and not useful in markup language.
Hahahaha took me a second to get it. Gee I haven't heard anything on that spectrum since my maths tutor back in uni. She was funny and nervous at the same time, I've always wondered how that worked.
oh, I see your intended use…
°·°╯︵ ┻┻
(jk, I hope it helps you to express yourself in the way you wish to do so online)
lol of course! You have to be able to flip the table on any websites.