Comment by [deleted] on 17/11/2011 at 20:58 UTC

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View submission: [reddit change] New markdown interpreter!

Bug: pointy brackets can appear, but if you put text between them they get completely removed, which would make posting HTML in webdev subreddits impossible

Example: < <> > <<>>

This should be the word "test" between pointy brackets: <test>

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Comment by spladug at 17/11/2011 at 21:01 UTC*

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~~Interesting. Markdown uses < > to put around one kind of "auto"link.~~ At first glance, my argument would be that if you're posting code, you should mark it as such with either backticks (`) or by indenting a whole block by 4 spaces. `Like this`. This will also have the benefit of giving you monospace font. ~~That said, text shouldn't just disappear if it's not a valid link, so we will fix that.~~

slyf has determined that this is caused by something else, but has a fix for it.

Comment by [deleted] at 17/11/2011 at 21:03 UTC

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We are fixing this issue, however, in the mean time you can use code blocks to post code. For an example:

```
(four spaces here)Hello<world>
```

produces:

```
Hello<world>
```