[#69] suggestion: use ๐Ÿ”— for user-provided links instead of m-dash

there doesn't seem to be an official unicode glyph for external links (there was a proposabl but it was rejected) but the chain symbol might carry the message?

#feature

=> ๐Ÿž Issue #69 in s/Bubble-Issues
=> ๐Ÿ‘ค AnoikisNomads

2023-05-24 ยท 2 years ago

5 Comments โ†“

=> ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ skyjake [mod...] ยท 2023-05-24 at 19:36:

The idea with the em dash was to act primarily as indentation in an unobtrusive way. I feel like inserting an Emoji/symbol here will add to the noise a bit too much. There already is quite a few symbols in use.

Could always experiment, though, or even make it a user option at some point.

=> ๐Ÿ‘ค AnoikisNomads [OP] ยท 2023-05-24 at 19:44:

fair enough. I did read about the added em-dash in the update notes and was still surprised to see one when I linked something. Might just be me but I was wondering what the dash was and whether or not I screwed up my link

=> ๐Ÿ satch ยท 2023-05-24 at 21:12:

The dash seems weird to me too ๐Ÿคท just saying

Iโ€™m used to there being something both before and after a dash.

=> ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ skyjake [mod...] ยท 2023-05-25 at 03:25:

They are dynamically added so I can change them easily. Just need something that differentiates links inside content from UI links in a clean way.

=> ๐Ÿ‘ค AnoikisNomads [OP] ยท 2023-05-25 at 04:40:

@skyjake expanding on the initial idea. maybe a glyph from the unicode "arrows" page would fit, although I believe some might be extra wide.

=> โ€” HTML link to the Unicode rrows page

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