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by skrebbel 3131 days ago
Wow this is a very good idea. FYI if you indent the whole thing with 4 spaces (each line), then

    *** HN keeps the formatting
     ^-> see?
1 comments

The code-snippet syntax needs only 2 spaces, actually.

But I like the original formatting better because lines wrap on narrow viewports (i.e. phones). It's frustratingly common that people post quotes with the code-snippet syntax and the lines are so long that stuff is nearly unreadable on mobile, unless you are masochistic and like reading in a scrolling viewport that only shows 40% of the line width at each time.