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Re: "If I could add one thing to the gemtext spec, it would be a..."

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I like to think of <hr> as an unnamed header, as @mediocregopher suggests, when it's used to introduce a new scene or topic. In a book, this might be rendered as a line of three stars * * * instead of a solid horizontal line.

Conveniently, if that's your use-case, Gemini Text already has unnamed headers! Just make a header line (#,##,###) and don't put any text in it :)

(your rendering may vary)

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2023-06-15 · 5 weeks ago

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horizontal lines can be achieved through a simple...

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2023-06-16 · 5 weeks ago

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👻 mediocregopher

If I could add one thing to the gemtext spec, it would be a horizontal line rule (like <hr/>). You can do it manually, but you can't know how wide the reader's screen is and if you guess badly it looks weird.

💬 10 comments · 2023-06-15 · 5 weeks ago