alt Hacker NewsOne problem with the /italics/ form is that it's not convenient when writing about filesystem paths (though I do like its visual indication of slanting).
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_bernd • yesterday at 3:28 PM
A path should be written `/root`...
One problem with the /italics/ form is that it's not convenient when writing about filesystem paths (though I do like its visual indication of slanting).
A path should be written `/root`...
I agree that file paths should be in `backticks`.
Or italics can be //double slash// to avoid ambiguities with file paths. That still leaves the windows style //some/file/path as ambiguous But I’ll never accept single * as natural for italics.