• DicksAndPizza@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Oh thank you so much, I was confused by the asterisk but apparently it wasn’t even necessary. Most confusing asterisk ever tho haha.

    I wish I could tip you. Have a nice day!

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      Asterisks are used in markdown.

      One at each end of a letter, word or phrase does italics. Two does bold, three does bold italaics.

      Hence, m * a * s * h treats the A as italics, (MAS*H)and the single one after s as an individual *

      If you want to do it where it visually works, you have to use the \ to escape the asterisk

      Iirc, to get m*a*s*h you slap the backspace in front of each asterisk, but I can’t be sure, so I may need to edit this a few times until I get it right, then edit in the correct process

      Edit: yup! \ in front of each asterisk does it.