# WYSIWYG Plugin (again)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-plugin-again/39747
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed
**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-plugin-again/39747 "2016-02-17T18:18:46Z")
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### Author: ![Rob\_Nicholson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rob_nicholson/32/63483_2.png) [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wysiwyg-plugin-again/39747/24 "2016-07-14T09:00:56Z")

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Another “problem” is typing #1 at the start of a line

#1 which turns it into this

Try explaining “escape codes” to a non-technical user…

I suppose this summarises my reservations about a markdown editor - normal users don’t expect something weird to happen when they type a letter. if they press “#” then they expect “#” to appear on the screen - always.

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