Please add Comment Links

Links that are copy-pasted into comments should get an automatic "a href" wrapper.
There should be a UI to linkify any custom text in a comment. Something like this.

feature-request comments links

asked 20 Apr '10, 02:28

ripper234 ♦
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+1 It is a pain in the rear that we don't support some basic Markdown in comments. I think the length restriction is comments is also too severe.

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answered 20 Apr '10, 10:39

rickross ♦♦
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edited 20 Apr '10, 10:40

+1 i agree

(20 Apr '10, 13:16) debug

I like @ripper234's suggestion for hyperlinks (esp. when pointing to another question, they're needed) but I'm not sure full markdown (line breaks? code? horizontal rules? etc.) would be a good thing since the intentionally minimalistic display helps differentiate comments vs. questions.

(20 Apr '10, 14:14) Justin Grant

definitely agree that a larger default char limit is more reasonable. How about 600?

(20 Apr '10, 14:15) Justin Grant

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*italic* or _italic_
**bold** or __bold__
link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
basic HTML tags are also supported

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