With the new functionality to link to users based on username (
) it would be nice to be able to still be able to use the character for math (e.g. 10
)
It's possible to undo the linking by using bbcode tags after the hat character which cancels the linking functionality, e.g. (10^
53).
My suggestion is to add a simple character sequence like the following to simplify the use of "^" in other contexts:
Code
10^53 -> 10[^53] (original with link)
10^^53 -> 10^53 (double ^^ means no link)
10^^^^53 -> 10^^53 (every double ^^ means no link for the following part, easy to parse)
10^^^53 -> 10^[^53] (where the ^53 at the end is a link to a user with the name "53")
Context with usernames (though the change is intended to allow powers in math or other cases where the hat character is normally used):
Code
Contact ^Klexmoo -> Contact [^Klexmoo] (original with link)
Contact ^^Klexmoo -> Contact ^Klexmoo (double ^^ means no link)
Contact ^^^^Klexmoo -> Contact ^^Klexmoo (every double ^^ means no link for the following part, easy to parse)
Contact ^^^Klexmoo -> Contact ^[^Klexmoo] (where the ^Klexmoo at the end is a link to a user with the name "Klexmoo")