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wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
2020-06-18 14:48:54

Colon indentation is supposed to line up with bullet indentation when you follow those instructions. And it once did, but it was broken ages ago and there's no proper alignment now no matter how you do it.

I kinda just avoid colon indentation entirely now.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Twiddler MOD (On A Trope Odyssey)
2020-06-18 15:20:39

It looks like a double colon on a single-level bullet creates extra space above and below the line, so I guess a triple colon is the way to go.

Edit: And for a second-level bullet point, a triple colon breaks the indentation line (the faint dotted line running down the left) whereas a quadruple colon does not. e.g. the High-Five Left Hanging example on Joey. So it looks like the general rule for colon indentation is "bullet level + 2"

Edited by Twiddler
Twiddler MOD (On A Trope Odyssey)
2020-06-18 15:34:51

I have edited Text Formatting Rules to reflect this discovery.

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