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By Jeff M @phoenix
    2020-11-04 13:12:28.345Z

    Does Talkyard support ~~ strikethrough ~~? It doesn't seem to work with ~~: strikethrough

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    1. KajMagnus @KajMagnus2020-11-04 15:52:52.141Z

      You can do: <strike>oops I typed a typo</strike>

      oops I typed a typo

      Talkyard uses Markdown-it & CommonMark which I think require a plugin for ~~ to work.
      (Not sure if it's a good idea to add a plugin for ~~ — I think most people don't know what ~~ means, and that <strike> is simpler for people to read. Also, there're "100 other plugins" with different syntax & magic tokens, don't know if maybe maybe in the future it'd turn out that ~~ will be better to use for something else)

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      1. PJeff M @phoenix
          2020-11-04 16:06:27.888Z

          Thanks you for being so responsive! It is extremely helpful.

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            Michael Lynch @michael
              2021-11-23 21:03:21.210Z

              I'll put in a small vote in favor for ~~ support. Most Markdown renders I'm familiar with (e.g., Goldmark, Github) treat it as strikethrough, and I had to Google how to format strikethrough text in TalkYard.

              Not an urgent or strong need, since there's a simple workaround with <strike>.

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              1. KajMagnus @KajMagnus2021-11-23 21:20:52.504Z

                Ok, marking as Planned, now seems like a good idea (when "many" people run into this)

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