It’s not Lemmy markdown. The implementation used in lemmy-ui (specifically) is markdown-it. And yes it’s special (not in a good way).
Some of us advised Lemmy devs to switch to a CommonMark implementation before it’s too late. That would have allowed for using higher quality and faster implementations, not to mention allowing/easing better interop. But the devs weren’t interested in the suggestion.
Is there anything special about Lemmy markdown?
It’s not Lemmy markdown. The implementation used in lemmy-ui (specifically) is markdown-it. And yes it’s special (not in a good way).
Some of us advised Lemmy devs to switch to a CommonMark implementation before it’s too late. That would have allowed for using higher quality and faster implementations, not to mention allowing/easing better interop. But the devs weren’t interested in the suggestion.
yup. for example
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