Timeline for Style edits - inline formatting versus blockquote formatting (`` vs 4 spaces)
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| Nov 28, 2014 at 10:49 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | That's what I meant: Backticks are a legitimate use for very long one-liners even if not inlined into a paragraph of text. | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 10:47 | comment | added | slhck Mod | @DanielBeck The good thing is that long lines are broken up via CSS, so they do not contain an actual line feed, which would cause problems when copy-pasting. | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 9:46 | comment | added | Daniel Beck Mod | IIRC if it's a long line, backticks break it, while tabs will lead to horizontal scrolling (While long lines generally should be broken up into shorter lines, sometimes that's not feasible or defeats the purpose of the answer.) | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 6:24 | comment | added | fixer1234 | @sunk818 - The block code is a little easier on the eyes for the reader. If you get the convenience of writing the Q or A with inline code and then somebody wants to waste their time "polishing" it later, you get the benefit of both unless you have something against block code in the final version (in which case, you can always roll it back). You see it as an annoyance, but you're looking at it wrong. People don't bother polishing valueless posts. If a post is already good and useful, people will try to "perfect it" (community pride). You should take it as a compliment. | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 5:51 | comment | added | slhck Mod | In principle the user was right to make the change, since they've corrected the semantics of the post (both in terms of Markdown and HTML semantics). Did it make the post better? No. Practically, it does not matter. In any case, it does not hurt either—and it's the editor's decision on whether they want to "waste their time" with details you might not care about. If all they did was editing whitespace and minor formatting, then it would be a problem that needs intervention. But I currently do not see such a problem. | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 5:48 | comment | added | Sun | I personally started using inline formatting because `` gives immediate style preview feedback while block quotes require 4 spaces (tab does not work), or you have to click on the {} icon in the editor. Either way, it is less interactive than using inline formatting. I feel if certain styles are preferred, the web editor can enforce w/o user intervention. To see an edit with 4 characters changed is disappointing and not a good use of anyone's mouse click. | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 5:36 | history | answered | slhckMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |