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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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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>...
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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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Should bare URLs to SE posts show up as links in bounty messages, the same way that they do in comments?

From the answer to How does the bounty system work? Can I use Markdown formatting in the bounty remarks? Can I edit the remark? Bounty notices support the Markdown mini format used for comments, with ...
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Square brackets in hyperlinks is broken in comments

On all Stack Exchange websites, using square brackets in a hyperlink like in the following Markdown code is correctly translated into HTML in questions and answers, but not in comments: [[class....
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How to prevent inline link URL from counting towards comment length limit? [duplicate]

Is there a way to prevent an inline link URL (the one in parentheses) from counting towards the comment's length limit? How? If not, please implement this. Is there another input technique to make ...
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Missing trailing slash in markup of links in comments and chat

I noticed a bug in the markdown of hyperlinks in comments and chat with a trailing slash. The link will work correctly, but the markup shows the link without the trailing slash. So if you write ...
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Markdown links without a domain name should be valid also in comments

Currently, only links that actually contain a domain name are valid in Markdown. For example, this makes a valid Markdown link: [this](http://www.example.com/that) That works nicely for off-site ...
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Can I create links to comments/answers on the same thread via their #fragment?

This is somewhat but not quite entirely the same thing as this. Simple thing - sometimes I'd like to refer to a comment or an answer on the same thread. I know I could simply use a full link to that ...
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Add [about] to list of "magic links" [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Auto-Expand new about pages in comments Now that the About page is much more educational and has been launched network-wide, I think I'll be directing people to it rather often. ...
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How can I prevent a hyperlink in my comment?

I just made a comment in Stack Overflow and made an example "yourdomain.com/yourpage.asp" which was automatically converted into a hyperlink. Unfortunately this hyperlink goes to some web hosting ...
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URL not handled correctly in Comments

I was answering this question and was trying to post following url in comments but everytime it failed - http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/tomershamam/archive/2007/05/25/Compiled-XAML-3D00-BAML-not-...
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Can the Apple.SE magic comment link's title be changed to "Ask Different"?

Those magic comment links are awesome, especially when commenting on reasonably good but off-topic questions. Due to the tags I hang out in, I use the [Apple.SE] link more often than most others. Its ...
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Can markdown mini replace an en dash with a normal hyphen in URLs?

Further to Tim Stone's response to my bug report regarding what turned out to be an en dash in an URL: Would it be reasonable for markdown mini to replace en dashes with normal hyphens? Or is that ...
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Automatically add question title when link is pasted in a comment [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Replace links with the current question title in comments When a link to a question is pasted into another question, like so: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/49433/...
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