I want just the text to show up as a link, no URL. I've tried the basic HTML
<a href="www.bing.com">Check out this new website I found</a>
but it doesn't work.
Like this:
[Link text](http://www.example.com)
The same syntax also works in questions. See this meta.SO feature request for the original request.
Also, you can always click the 'help' link at the bottom-right of the comment box to bring up this text:
Comments use mini-Markdown formatting: [link](http://example.com) _italic_ **bold** `code`. The post author will automatically be notified of your comment. To notify a previous commenter, mention their user name: @peter or @PeterSmith will both work.
See also this question for known bugs.
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