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[–] boatswain 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It would basically let you see all the hidden characters that indicate formatting, which made it possible to see why your text would suddenly display in a weird way.

[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it like show formatting marks / show hidden symbols in modern software, that shows ends of paragrahs and tabs?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Closer to html “view source”, or the “developer tools” you find in a web browser.

https://kb.corel.com/en/127364

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

that does sound super useful