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ryanwaggoner on March 27, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't Like It? Code it Yourself

You can use the * character for italics. The /thing/ is annoying.

axod on March 27, 2009 | [–]

Offtopic, but the usual, and IMHO logical is * bold * /italic/ _underline_ Odd that it's not here...

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