• webghost0101@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    2 年前

    I have a thing on my phone that lets me do a ¯_(ツ)_/¯ and for some reason lt loses an arm on Lemmy. Made me so sad to realize no bot is gonna answer that.

    • 𝖒𝖆𝖋
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      2 年前

      In programming backslash can sometimes be used to enter special characters. Maybe Lemmy also follows this syntax? If so, typing two consecutive backslashes might help.

      Test with one backslash:
      Test with two backslashes: \

      • diablexical@vlemmy.net
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        2 年前

        Isn’t that just markdown? Eg wrapping with a star/asterisk italicizes. If you want to escape that you backslash.

        test in italics, made by wrapping with asterisks

        * = a backslash escaped asterisk