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Re:Why Markdown Sucks (2016) by leemailll on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:55AM (#19746799)
>"The computer decides where the text goes, not me - I want to be in command."

Is that possible for any program to do it in plaintext? The only things I know that can fully control character positions are something like inDesign, I don't see anyone would like to write a paper in it.

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Re:Why Markdown Sucks (2016) by acqq on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:58AM (#19747117)
> Is that possible for any program to do it in plaintext?

Sure, TeX.

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Re:Why Markdown Sucks (2016) by leemailll on Thursday April 25, 2019 @09:33AM (#19747857)
The above quote mentioned the quoted one wants to take full control of character position, is this achievable with plain TeX?
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Re:Why Markdown Sucks (2016) by NikkiA on Thursday April 25, 2019 @10:01AM (#19748178)
Yes, but it'd be painful.
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