If you are not on the first page of a thread, the first post's review is not formatted. 
james.lu.75491856 0 Junior Poster
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Jump to PostThis is by design. When you're on the 2nd+ page of a thread, it is meant to just show you a shortened preview of the first few sentences of the OP. We can't parse markdown because the cutoff might be mid-code block, etc.
IMO, that's what is great about Markdown. …
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diafol
Good catch, looks like markdown not being parsed. I'm assuming the OP didn't have backslashes before his asterisks.
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JUst checked - you're right it's unformatted - no asterisks in OP.
Dani 4,658 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
This is by design. When you're on the 2nd+ page of a thread, it is meant to just show you a shortened preview of the first few sentences of the OP. We can't parse markdown because the cutoff might be mid-code block, etc.
IMO, that's what is great about Markdown. It doesn't need to be parsed in order to understand intent. It can be read as-is without looking marked up.
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