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minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-24 days agoFor a list of items like this, it makes sense to use either an ordered list 1. Item one 2. Item two 3. Item three or an unordered list - Item one - Item two - Item three neither of which require extra spaces or extra newlines
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThe problem is converting the list to point form. I would have used bullet points if it was easier than spacing
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoA bit of an advanced technique that I use often: Paste the list into a text editor like VSCodium, then use find/replace (in regex mode) to add a hyphen and a space to the beginning of each line, then copy all and paste that into Lemmy. Find: ^ Replace: -
minus-squaresiipale@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoOr in vim you can do the same regex replace thing with :%s/^/- Or as I like to do sometimes without regex :%norm I-
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSure, but I’m surfing 100% on my phone
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI use Joplin for this purpose on mobile.
For a list of items like this, it makes sense to use either an ordered list
or an unordered list
neither of which require extra spaces or extra newlines
The problem is converting the list to point form. I would have used bullet points if it was easier than spacing
A bit of an advanced technique that I use often: Paste the list into a text editor like VSCodium, then use find/replace (in regex mode) to add a hyphen and a space to the beginning of each line, then copy all and paste that into Lemmy.
Find:
^Replace:
-Or in vim you can do the same regex replace thing with
:%s/^/-Or as I like to do sometimes without regex
:%norm I-Sure, but I’m surfing 100% on my phone
I use Joplin for this purpose on mobile.