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Bug 378841 - Let users know that they should use markdown in some fields
Summary: Let users know that they should use markdown in some fields
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RecruitingWebapp (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Joachim Bartosik (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2011-08-11 21:46 UTC by Mike Gilbert
Modified: 2012-11-18 01:58 UTC (History)
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Description Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2011-08-11 21:46:18 UTC
I am copy/pasting my answers to the ebuild quiz. Many of my answers are formatted as paragraphs and lists (using "-" as the bullet points). This formatting gets lost when the text is formatted for display.
Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2011-08-14 15:40:36 UTC
It looks like some <br> tags need to be inserted for line breaks.
Comment 2 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2011-08-24 16:18:13 UTC
I think it would be better to display answers using a <pre> block rather than applying whatever output filter is currently being used.
Comment 3 Joachim Bartosik (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-09-01 21:53:02 UTC
Application uses markdown[0] to allow formatting in answers. But application should tell it to users.

[0] http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
Comment 4 Joachim Bartosik (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-09-28 18:47:29 UTC
I prepared a fix:

    https://github.com/ahenobarbi/Gentoo-Recruiters-App/commit/b852c3bd9b16563a919e8839285f633b1695466b

do you think a hint "You can use markdown in your answer." below box for answer text is enough?
Comment 5 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2011-09-30 21:30:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> do you think a hint "You can use markdown in your answer." below box for answer
> text is enough?

A link to a simple guide on markdown would be nice. This was my first exposure to it.
Comment 6 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2012-11-18 01:58:26 UTC
The recruiting app is offline, so I'm marking this resolved to clear it from my bug list.