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> (which frequently cuts off text for some reason in mobile Safari).

Is this just because it doesn't wrap, and mobile safari doesn't display a scrollbar? (I've never used mobile safari, but I think that's true of the Android browser.)

Quoting with code blocks can be awful, but > is fine even if it's not explicitly formatted.




> Is this just because it doesn't wrap, and mobile safari doesn't display a scrollbar?

Pretty sure that's it. OS X (Safari and Chrome, at least) does the same thing unless you have a mouse plugged in. The formatting is such that it doesn't feel like it should scroll, even in the common case of characters being cut in half. Better styling on code blocks would do wonders for this.




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