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by Uehreka 535 days ago
> Certain types of code should not be thoughtlessly copy/pasted, and providing multiline `$` prompts enforce that the user copy/pastes line by line.

I hardcore oppose this kind of thing, for the same reason I oppose people putting obstacles in the way of curl-to-bash.

Adding the prompt character doesn’t make people think, it just makes people press backspace. Frequently I’m reading a tutorial because I’m trying to assemble headless scripts for setting up a VM and I really just need verbatim lines I can copy/paste so I know I’ve got the right arguments.