Add support for BBCode in comments, as well as those instant buttons to add the markup that many forums and bulletin boards have.
HTML works for top level posts, but for quick comments it’s to elaborate and powerful. The LW specific markup on the other hand is not powerful enough for many things, and suffers problems from being very non standard.
Well, I have never encountered it elsewhere which means at least some users are unfamiliar with it, and I see no conflict that keep both from being supported and mixed.
Add support for BBCode in comments, as well as those instant buttons to add the markup that many forums and bulletin boards have.
HTML works for top level posts, but for quick comments it’s to elaborate and powerful. The LW specific markup on the other hand is not powerful enough for many things, and suffers problems from being very non standard.
It’s not LW-specific—it’s Markdown. (Actually a subset of Markdown since Markdown proper allows inline HTML.)
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Well, I have never encountered it elsewhere which means at least some users are unfamiliar with it, and I see no conflict that keep both from being supported and mixed.