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Markdown Checkboxes ☑(self)
7 commentsbyJasonCarswell

ASCII and emoji boxes come in different sizes - and some can have checkmarks. ☑ ☐ □ ▫ 🟩 ✅ And then there's [_] and [x].

It would be nice if you could just use the symbols in markdown for polls without the code (I've forgotten it). Or at least have a default set up, or a few, then if you want something more complex you may still code it. Or maybe use something like <c>put a checkbox before this line</c>.

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[-]Wiglaf3(+3|0)

every time i see those checkboxes in an article these days i know chatgpt wrote it

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

I don't think he's talking about making it easier to look like chatgpt. At first I was thinking that. I guess I read your comment before I properly read his.

He's talking about poll creating. Polls here aren't a type of post like on other sites. They are objects you can create and embed in any text post or comment. We have a form for making those poll objects but the dream would be being able to create it inside the text post.

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[-]Wiglaf1(+1|0)

oh yeah, my comment was a non-sequitor.

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[-]LarrySwinger2(+2|0)

It'd be good to use the Zim notation for that.

[ ] Unmarked checkbox
[x] Marked checkbox.

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

I do have some plans to make it so polls can be made inside a text post without a separate form. But it would probably still use the BANG syntax !command and then subsequent non-empty lines would be a part of the poll.

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[-]JasonCarswell1(+1|0)

Do they all have to be complicated? Can there be a simpler basic option?

On SaidIt I started the FAQ and organized other info in the wiki, such as Markdown instructions. I didn't have as much going on. One of these months I intend to do the same for here - as well more instructional documentation beyond just Markdown. The process of documenting it clearly means one must learn and understand it clearly.

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[-]x0x71(+1|0)

I don't think it's that complicated. No mater what you pick it is obscure to someone and isn't going to be clear to 90% of people. I think this is maybe a good way to do it. I just hate giving specific examples of what something could look like before I've written code because something could change or it could never get implemented when I'm trying to balance other things. But I think this would be pretty easy.

!poll
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3

This text here would be outside of poll because there was a blank line. The difference would be that all caps would be used for POLL. By making commands allcaps only it makes it easier to talk about them without triggering them. Basically most of the custom things in MatrixDown use a leading exclamation.

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