Can I use textile in the private "comments for you" section?

More detail in the description, please?

Taking the question alone at face value, yes, you can use textile markup for private messages. Links, text formatting, and even the special character substitution (like multiplication sign 5×5, registered trademark® , copyright© ) all work in the comments section.

I have seen many people write to me privately, “Thanks for this answer.” Answer is in red, and when I click on it, the answer from a question I addressed shows up. I have no trouble using the textile mark-up here.

Yup.. It works the same way.

Ah… in a question that you’ve asked, there’s a fourth item listed under someone’s quip: Thank so-and-so.

Clicking on that will automatically put you on the comments page for that person and will have already pre-populated with “Thanks for this answer” already linked.

What about an answer to a question asked by someone else? For example, could I send someone else a PM with a link to your answer ^^?

You can re-create the same thing manually.

1. For a particular quip, move your mouse to the right of the “Flag as…” link, see the ¶ symbol pop up?

2. Right click on the ¶ symbol and select “Copy link address” from the menu (depends on browser). [ – OR – simply click on the ¶ as normal and the browser will reposition the page to put that quip at the top. Then just copy & paste the url from the browser’s address field. ]

3. Click on the person’s name to get to their comments page where you can leave a message.

4. Type your message as normal. For the link portion, just follow the textile rules: doublequote, text to link, doublequote, colon, url.

==> ” text ” : http://fluther.com (but without the spaces I embed here for clarity)

==> link to your quip here.

@Robmandu:Sounds like a good idea; but I couldn’t open “link to your quip here” on OX Safari.

@gailcalled :: it doesn’t reload the page. It just makes you go the that quip if you are already on the page. And since yours was at the bottom you didn’t notice it.

try this

@gailcalled, ah but you did indeed open it. It’s a link to your quip that’s just above mine.

It would attempt to place your quip at the very top of the browser window… but it’s limited by the physical bottom of the page.

Try sliding the page up or down and clicking my link again. You should see the page reposition slightly.

Here is what it does if you link to another page.

Example

Well, do I learn how to do this or go back to the lesson in demotic Greek that Jack79 has challenged me with, or make tabouli with lime, or clip the wild roses that are covering my street sign or write a letter to cak?

Or just sit here and drip sweat on the keyboard. It is hot today.

@gailcalled When you understand all this, please explain it to me.