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[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A hall of fame I kind of want to be in. Perhaps I should take up posting.

P.S. I noticed that your image is missing alt text. Something like "Long list of users who allegedly harass Rimu" would probably fit.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I forget, how do you add alt-text again? I keep forgetting the right way to do it.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

The syntax for images in markdown is Exclamation mark, alt text in square brackets then the url in parentheses.

Edit: Feels ridiculous to have to use a real image for this. Lemmy really seems to dislike image-like formatting in code blocks.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

![alt text](it tries to make the URL into an image or something so make it more than one word)

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

wrongI think it's ![image title](image url "image alt text")

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

No it is alt text in the square brackets and title in the quotations

[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

lets test it

![PFLP poster](https://lemmy/ ml/pictrs/image/c09846dd-823e-4dc8-a486-f10a5696b620.webp?format=webp "PFLP poster that says 'Do you commend hamas?'")

PFLP poster

yeah you're right

<img src="https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/c09846dd-823e-4dc8-a486-f10a5696b620.webp?format=webp" alt="PFLP poster" title="PFLP poster that says 'Do you commend hamas?'">

could have sworn I saw it the other way around and thought it weird which is why I remembered it but apparently it's not like that...

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But it shouldn't do that when enclosed in a code/preformatted block?

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It shouldn't but the markdown parser is for whatever reason not that good.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Looks like it's using markdown-it, a Rust port of a JavaScript library with the same name.

It looks unmaintained. Last commit is from 2 years ago and issues look inactive. (including one asking asking about the maintenance status)

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I believe the frontend uses markdown-it proper.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think that it's the backend that screws the "url" up. Everything looks good in the preview, but the "url" part disappears upon publishing.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nice alt text, very concise!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

Thanks!

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Used to do that all the time but a certain someone got all my carefully labeled images nuked when they got banned.

My apologies to my differently sighted people out there. I hope I can be strong for you once more.