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Replace links with the current question title in comments

In questions, links get converted into question titles (see Replace trilogy raw links with the current question title?) Can the same functionality be added to comments?
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Is there a reason not to enable replacing internal SE URL text on comments with the page linked to? [duplicate]

On Super User, I looked for a Linux proportional font terminal, and found OS X or X11 terminal emulator supporting proportional fonts, in which the accepted answer suggested a Mac port of Emacs, but ...
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Markdown for links in comments sometimes breaks with angle brackets and nested square brackets

The following markdown: [[example].com](https://www.example.com) (<https://www.example.com/abc>) Produces this in a post: [example].com (https://www.example.com/abc) But this in a comment: [[...
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Broken tooltip for question link with non-Latin symbols in comments

If I put a link (from the browser) to a question with non-Latin title in the comment, then I've got not URL decoded text with incorrect right border (in FF): I would like to see correct title ...
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Why was a straightforward link in a comment misrendered in a notification email?

In How can I do the work of Universal USB Installer from Linux?, I received the following email notification for the first comment, with a linked URL ending three characters too early: The link ...
2 votes
1 answer
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How can I link comments or answers in url using url#Id?

Sometime I need to share answer with someone and want that directly user get focus on the answer or comment I am referring I have seen Urls containing the Id of post or comment with #, Is there a way ...
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Add/fix links to comments in review queues

When reviewing a post, the comments are shown underneath, which is great, but there's a difference: on the Q&A page, the timestamps (x units of time ago) are clickable and contain a direct link to ...
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Link in comments occasionally not formatted on MathJax-enabled site

Occasionally, links in comments that use MathJax do not show normally. The problem is reproducible, and browser-agnostic. It comes and goes depending on inserting a space around the closing $ ...
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Links in comments delimited by less-than/greater-than signs occasionally include the delimiting greater-than sign

Over at Stack Overflow, I wrote a comment that renders like this: and links to https://wg21.link/p2128>, which returns 404. The way I wrote the link in the markup is <https://wg21.link/p2128>...
12 votes
1 answer
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Comments can't contain this content?

Okay, I've seen the "posts can't contain that content" messages; now I got one popping up when I try to post this comment in response to a comment to me: @Ole: thanks for the [URL](http: // ...
190 votes
6 answers
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Direct Link to a Comment

The increase in the character limit of comments has led them to become as important as the questions and answers that spawn them. On several occasions (especially on meta) I've found reason to want to ...
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Count length of comment only by the markdown formatted *result* length, not by its *raw input* length [duplicate]

When adding markdown formatted links, you have the chance to give a short and readable name to a link, using : I have to change it to: to be able to comment. Result: If I try to save some space in ...
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Comment links don't show up on election pages if there are query strings or parameters in the URL

In Biblical Hermeneutics' election page, the comment links (on timestamps of the comments) are clickable if I visit https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/election directly. If I visit the election ...
7 votes
2 answers
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Is there any way to shorten links to comments?

I'm wondering if there's a way to use the http://s.tk/ link shortening format for links to comments or if there is another abbreviated way to link to comments. Long story short I'm trying to link to ...
5 votes
2 answers
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Best practices and advice how to shorten links to comments when including them in other comments? Can I safely drop the noredirect=1?

When adding links to comments within other comments I often want to shorten them so that I can add fit more plain text within the character limit. I usually start by removing the words of the title ...

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