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[Discussion] Why isn't there a horizontal rule?

Byron Torres b at torresjrjr.com

Fri Sep 24 15:37:40 BST 2021

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On Fri Sep 24, 2021 at 9:17 AM BST, devel at datenbrei.de wrote:

sometimes a kind of seperator is used in literature, like e.g.:
* * *

This is called an [asterism][1], a type of "dinkus" or thematic break.There are many other forms of 'decoration' or section signifiers:

- fleuron ❦ ❧ ☙- interpuncts ···- section sign §- various other Unicode characters...

Long form writing sometimes necesitates thematic breaks where headingsdon't quite fit. I'd personally love two see proper ASCII gemtext markupfor thematic breaks. Something like:

/^---$/

The appearance of thematic breaks on a client (TUI/GUI) could be set toanything, like one of the aforementioned signifiers, aplain/double/wavy/dashed line, or even a custom image.

I'd love to see such personalisation.

[1]: gemini://vault.transjovian.org/full/en/Asterism%20(typography)