# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/851 "2025-07-30T00:41:14Z")
On reddit you can force single line spacing by adding two spaces to the end of the line. Testing line 1 Testing line 2 Thanks I hate it. EDIT: If this feature persists, it’s going to make our upcoming dynasty draft _super_ annoying. See, for example, here: > [@SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY league: Year 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-16/1005562/298): > > Final draft results: 1.01 Omni - Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, ARI 1.02 Mundi - Malik Nabers, WR, NYG 1.03 Gaffer - Jonathon Brooks, RB, CAR 1.04 Peteys - Rome Odunze, WR, CHI 1.05 Retro - Trey Benson, RB, ARI 1.06 dale - Brock Bowers, TE, LV 1.07 Justin - Xavier Worthy, WR, KC 1.08 Omni - Caleb Williams, QB, CHI 1.09 Beef - Brian Thomas Jr., WR, JAC 1.10 Ellis - Blake Corum, RB, LAR 1.11 Omni - Jayden Daniels, QB, WAS 1.12 Hamlet - Ladd McConkey, WR, LAC 2.01 RNATB - MarShawn Lloyd, RB,… ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/852 "2025-07-30T00:47:30Z")
[code] Code tags don’t appear to work either. The double spacing is applied in the edit window. So it doesn’t seem like you can avoid the behavior. [/code] Also, do code tags just flat-out not work anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/853 "2025-07-30T00:52:23Z")
`Code tags work fine.` So Does Single Spacing ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/854 "2025-07-30T00:54:07Z")
Trying markdown. Hey I got a preview! And yeah single spacing works fine. The monospace font while composing is quite lame, but functional. Checking code tags: ```auto First line of code Second line of code Third line of code ``` ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/855 "2025-07-30T03:30:28Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > The change is in the meaning of the enter key. Before, it meant a linefeed. Now, it means new paragraph. Well, that’s bloody stupid. If I want a new paragraph I’ll tell it I want one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/856 "2025-07-30T03:37:43Z")
If you want the old behavior, switch to Markdown mode. Aside from the font, it works exactly as before. Though I should point out that hitting enter twice never meant two linefeeds. It only ever meant new paragraph. Now, enter means new paragraph and shift-enter means linefeed (in HTML, this is `

` tags vs. `
`). ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/857 "2025-07-30T03:46:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I’m not a fan of anything that changes what I type to what someone else thinks I should have typed. In fact, I strongly resent it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/858 "2025-07-30T11:39:28Z")
I am in Markdown mode, and I see the preview panel. Testing wordle-like posts: LEAST BRINE SHONE Let’s see if it’s behaving right. (Hitting “reply”.) ETA: It’s working! This is on my laptop. Going to try it on my phone next. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/859 "2025-07-30T11:43:43Z")
Testing markdown mode on my phone. It remembered what I had it set to. That’s good. LEAST DRUNK BRICK Testing spacing. ETA: Ok, it’s working the old way. What is the purpose of the other mode? And why wasn’t there an announcement? Or, more likely, did I miss it? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/860 "2025-07-30T11:52:07Z")
It looks like that once you’ve chosen markdown, it remembers it. So it’s just another option. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/861 "2025-07-30T12:35:42Z")
It wouldn’t be announced here because no one here had anything to do with it, or even any awareness of it. That’s the nature of outsourced web services. The users aren’t the customers. The actual customers (the SDMB Powers That Be) may have gotten some notice, but they don’t come here. Don’t forget, this board functions mostly by being completely forgotten by the people paying for it. Here’s the announcement on Discourse’s own website. > **[Introducing our new composer, making writing on Discourse easier than ever](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-our-new-composer-making-writing-on-discourse-easier-than-ever/369779)** > > One of our major projects this year has been working on developing a new rich text editing mode for the composer, which makes writing on Discourse more familiar and intuitive. The new composer has been available here on Meta and as an experimental... ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/862 "2025-07-30T13:19:57Z")
Ok, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/863 "2025-07-30T19:06:12Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > In fact, I strongly resent it. So, you resent the fact that inserting “\>” before a line changes it to a block quote, even though you clearly typed the character \>, or that typing \*Hello\* renders _Hello_, even though you clearly typed those asterisks? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/864 "2025-07-30T19:08:39Z")
No, because typing those symbols to get those results is intentional. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/865 "2025-07-31T15:43:01Z")
My turn. I see that I have to be in markdown mode with its goddamned Notepad font in order to not double space every time I hit the Enter key. Is there a trick to using spoiler tags? Apparently there is. How about spoiler tags with carriage returns? OK, that works. Instead of Courier, the compose box in markdown mode should be either Comic Sans or Papyrus. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/866 "2025-07-31T15:46:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > its goddamned Notepad font That is, an easy-to-read font, with distinguishable glyphs for “`Il1`” and “`O0`”. Unlike the muddle we get in the default display font “Il1” and “O0”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/867 "2025-07-31T15:51:46Z")
Don’t care. Papyrus is prettier. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/868 "2025-07-31T17:03:47Z")
[spoiler]This is a test[/spoiler] Am I going insane? Why isn’t the spoiler tag working for me? [spoiler] Test. [/spoiler] [spoiler] test [/spoiler] [quote] This is a quote [/quote] None of the tags seem to be working for me, and I’m getting all that double spacing, too. And where’s my preview pane? I thought I used to have one of those. Wasn’t there a way to quote a whole post, too? I don’t have that anymore. I can select areas to quote, but I thought there was a way to quite the entirety. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/869 "2025-07-31T17:12:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Apparently there is. So what’s the trick. Is it something about markdown mode? Oh, wait. The hell? I now have Courier and my preview panel back to the right. Let’s test: Did this work? Looks like it fixed itself. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/870 "2025-07-31T18:04:33Z")
What’s the deal about pasting the Wordle pic into a thread? It works sometimes, but I can’t figure out the trigger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=44)