Edit: not a criticism, but regarding text formatting - it looks like you might have originally had this formatted nicely, and it bunched up when you posted it.
If you already know this, never mind, but if you put two spaces at the end of the line before you hit return, the new line will show up properly.
And for bullet points to work, it has to be “hyphen space” preceding the line.
If people try to edit and preview, but now it bunches the text up?
What works sometimes is copying and/or cutting 99% of the original or reply text (using your computer's edit function), then navigating back/left to the previous page;
Then navigate back/right, and try pasting the amended post back into the box . You can also try refreshing the page after copying or cutting what you want to post, that sometimes works too.
And/or try pasting what you're trying to compose of edit onto a blank document [good for security, so longer/more complex posts don't unexpectedly disappear but are saved]. So you write/edit it there first, then re-paste that whole version into the post's text box.
It's like sometimes the post kind of 'expires' while you are still writing/editing.
Also you may have to keep re-pressing 'Edit Comment' if it keeps changing to 'Preview Mode' after you type new text in. A little wonky, but at least it functions.
[ADD] Or if it stalls out at 'Saving' [like it just did right now!] while trying to Save:
Copy all text, navigate left (arrow), navigate back, [amend if you wanr, like this note], then try Save/Post again.
Nice. I do that “select all and copy“ trick just so I don’t lose a massive comment.
It messes up frequently on iPad, and not so much on regular computer for me.
Re: lost formatting - I noticed recently that when editing, it might strip all the double spaces off the end of the lines, so markdown engine then fails to generate a newline.
Nice. I do that “select all and copy“ trick just so I don’t lose a massive comment.
Really wise for us all. And better than finding out the hard way + occasionally, just before finishing a complex post, it will suddenly swipe away and 'disappear'.
But if it's (possibly?) our Chinese/bot friends, then may they get to enjoy the Redpill.
Thank you for posting this, I appreciate it ?
Edit: not a criticism, but regarding text formatting - it looks like you might have originally had this formatted nicely, and it bunched up when you posted it.
If you already know this, never mind, but if you put two spaces at the end of the line before you hit return, the new line will show up properly.
And for bullet points to work, it has to be “hyphen space” preceding the line.
If people try to edit and preview, but now it bunches the text up?
What works sometimes is copying and/or cutting 99% of the original or reply text (using your computer's edit function), then navigating back/left to the previous page;
Then navigate back/right, and try pasting the amended post back into the box . You can also try refreshing the page after copying or cutting what you want to post, that sometimes works too.
And/or try pasting what you're trying to compose of edit onto a blank document [good for security, so longer/more complex posts don't unexpectedly disappear but are saved]. So you write/edit it there first, then re-paste that whole version into the post's text box.
It's like sometimes the post kind of 'expires' while you are still writing/editing.
Also you may have to keep re-pressing 'Edit Comment' if it keeps changing to 'Preview Mode' after you type new text in. A little wonky, but at least it functions.
[ADD] Or if it stalls out at 'Saving' [like it just did right now!] while trying to Save:
Copy all text, navigate left (arrow), navigate back, [amend if you wanr, like this note], then try Save/Post again.
Nice. I do that “select all and copy“ trick just so I don’t lose a massive comment.
It messes up frequently on iPad, and not so much on regular computer for me.
Re: lost formatting - I noticed recently that when editing, it might strip all the double spaces off the end of the lines, so markdown engine then fails to generate a newline.
Good tips – thanks?
Really wise for us all. And better than finding out the hard way + occasionally, just before finishing a complex post, it will suddenly swipe away and 'disappear'.
But if it's (possibly?) our Chinese/bot friends, then may they get to enjoy the Redpill.