Multi-line sub/superscript formatting does not apply to each line separately

[BottleNick]

When applying sub- or superscript with multiple lines selected, the starting and ending of the corresponding wiki syntax ("_{..}", or "^{..}) is only applied to the first and last line--and not to each line separately. This behavior works well for bold, italics, underline, and strikethrough formatting). The consequence: The wiki syntax characters are visible again after reloading the note (or on an other synced machine).
Btw: can you assign the *subscript* formatting a short-cut? Subscripting is a great way to save space in a note since it shrinks the line height.

Another related bug: I just found out that multiline-verbatim also behaves strangely: it places the syntax characters BEFORE the first and the AFTER the last line.

I'm running version 0.60 on windows and linux.

Thanks for this great note taking software--and thanks for fixing.

Cheers,
BN

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Just out of curiosity - why would you ever use multi-line sub-script or
super-script ???

The verbatim multi-line format is as intended - see the manual for the wiki
syntax description.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:58 PM, BottleNick <email address hidden> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> When applying sub- or superscript with multiple lines selected, the
> starting and ending of the corresponding wiki syntax ("_{..}", or "^{..})
> is only applied to the first and last line--and not to each line
> separately. This behavior works well for bold, italics, underline, and
> strikethrough formatting). The consequence: The wiki syntax characters are
> visible again after reloading the note (or on an other synced machine).
> Btw: can you assign the *subscript* formatting a short-cut? Subscripting
> is a great way to save space in a note since it shrinks the line height.
>
> Another related bug: I just found out that multiline-verbatim also
> behaves strangely: it places the syntax characters BEFORE the first and
> the AFTER the last line.
>
> I'm running version 0.60 on windows and linux.
>
> Thanks for this great note taking software--and thanks for fixing.
>
>
> Cheers,
> BN
>
> ** Affects: zim
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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[BottleNick (express-temp)]

I understand your doubt, but as I said: "Subscripting is a great way to save space in a note since it shrinks the line height." It's the only way to change the font-size (i.e., to let a part of my notes "fade from the spotlight" ;-) ).

The current verbatim behaviour makes sense.

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Agree that this is a bug that should be fixed. But using it as a way to change font is definitely unsupported.