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[–] prex@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I just got a line across the page: ---

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You only get a horizontal line when you have the three dashes sit alone on a line


But when you use it inline---then it should render as an emdash or--an endash

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't do it for me on Thunder.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Nor on Jerboa. But lemmy-ui (the default web UI) does it.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Some of this may depend on your client. If you do a triple dash by itself on its own line:


You get a horizontal rule in most clients, including the default web UI and all of the major browser based clients I've tried.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why am I bold? why does markdown do my head in. Its really not that hard.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing it in Voyager, but I'm guessing you made a header:

Main header
===========

Level 2 header
--------------

The number of dashes or equality signs doesn't have to match, so I think that's what you did.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago