Jamal

BTW I’m not just a mad eccentric. The use of plain text, in combination with Markdown, is very common among programmers, because they’re used to writi...

Word Processors: Stupid and Inefficient I use a text editor instead. For formatting I use the markup language called Markdown. It’s much more lightwei...

The fact that historically the masses got hooked on word processors, even though they didn’t need them, while text is passed around on the internet mo...

If that works for you, roll with it :cool: If you have special formatting requirements, however—such as italics, bullet points or what have you—then I...

:up: Let us know if you get in trouble.

Basically, yes. BBcode is what is used to format everything on TPF (and many other forums). If writers want their stories to retain the formatting the...

I'm not sure what you mean.

If there isn't much formatting, just paste it unformatted into a bbcode editor (like a post editor on TPF) or a text file, and format it manually, eit...

Before I answer your question, let's address your problem first. What are you trying to do? If you haven't written it in markdown, you can forget abou...

Personally, rather than using pastebin I uploaded my BBcode version to Google Drive as a text file and sent a link to that.

(And maybe create a draft post here on TPF to check the formatting first)

I'm not sure what Markdown support provides, but in any case what you need is to convert your Markdown text (I assume you've written the story in Mark...

Car park now, ya cryptic bas.

I appreciate the support, Javi. I was begining to feel besieged.

:chin:

Same here, although I learned about them a while before that. I guess we generally see the dashes in print but don't notice the distinctions between t...

Talking of dashes, I suspect that the now widespread unfamiliarity with dashes is due to two things: few people read books (where dashes are still use...

You know how to wind me up.

So you carry on saying you're using dashes while actually not using dashes. A hyphen can't properly function as a dash unless you double or triple it ...

Would've been better like this:

I just read a book by Timothy Findley, whose fondness for em dashes shocked even me: Quickly got used to it, in fact it encouraged me not to hold back...

I've just submitted mine, so that's at least 7 in total so far, with likely more still to be submitted. The suspense grows relentlessly.

The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories edited by the Vandermeers. So far I've read the Algernon Blackwood ("The Willows") and the Julio C...

I'm looking forward to it. I always enjoy your stories, and make no apologies for that.

That's an excellent point. :cool:

Maybe "show don't tell" is more like "tell the effects, not the fact." For example, instead of saying it was a dark and stormy night you describe indi...

As far as I can tell, what you've posted above was produced entirely by ChatGPT, so if there was a conversation, you haven't presented it here. Also, ...

Wait, this isn't the Shoutbox.

Looks like you're at the airport. That's a good choice of socks for the airport. Socks will get more attention in an airport than most other places, s...

:smirk:

I've been reading too much Herodotus.

Try this. The king has a dream in which his daughter urinates so much that the whole kingdom is flooded. He is disturbed by this. Next night he has a ...

Welcome to TPF :grin:

Aye very good.

Parking lot.

:zip:

I struggled for a long time to work out the meaning of "T-Give Eve" but I got it: happy Thanksgiving. I have a bun (story) pretty much baked (written)...

I know right.

That's because they have borders with Scotland and Wales, where they also drive on the wrong side of the road.

You're welcome.

I imagine Hanover's valuables are secure in his "fanny pack," and that he looks a lot like this guy: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ...

Hanover in Portugal, instalment 1 :up: I'm thinking Lisbon.

Looks like your question hasn't been answered, so wait till @"Baden" is around and he'll tell you. On the face of it, stories will be accepted if they...

Pierre Menard would not do well here.

https://i.postimg.cc/6QgZSmVJ/PXL-20241124-173911339.jpg The last of my pork, and my last zucchini, which some people call a courgette.

Yes, @"fdrake" had a post pinned to the top of the forum for a while quite recently. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/15480/site-rules-amendm...

:blush:

Did it myself.

It's a nice idea. I hope it gets plenty of interest and participation. You and, if willing, @"Moliere" (who is a moderator) can lead, and I'll do anyt...

https://i.postimg.cc/cCJfRXMp/PXL-20241122-175917035.jpg Velveting continues. Pork and broccoli.