Tbf I've always hated that about HN formatting as it's not very clear at all that that's how it works.
replyIf there's a newline in my comment, why not retain it? Whyyyyy?!
Because of the 6 people who write HN comments in Vim with hard wrapping turned on.
replyas a vim user I feel unnecrserrily called out
replyThat isn't really a problem because the comment should just be posted hard-
replywrapped. It looks better that way.
Only if viewed in a monospace font in a window wide enough to fit the entire line.
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