Sorry for the old-school terminology and mis-terms in this message as I have not had a problem like this since my dumb-terminal days (I’m guessing that long)

How does one add the proper carriage returns to a post?

I have these three lines, with a new line on each but formats as one paragraph: This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.

The only way I can separate these lines is using an extra carriage return between each line which looks horrible.

This is line 1.

This is line 2.

This is line 3.

How do I get the above lines to show up without that extra new line between each?

Thanks!

    • zeus ⁧ ⁧ ∽↯∼@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      to add to this, some things to know:

      • any syntax can be escaped by prepending it with a backslash (\). this won’t appear in the rendered message
      • you can also do a line break without a paragraph break by ending the line with a backslash
      • you don’t have to do the numbers. start each line of a numbered list with 1., and the numbers will be generated automatically
      • lemmy also supports footnotes - documentation here, although the “longnote” syntax doesn’t work
      • most of these are broken on at least some clients, particularly spoiler and footnotes