Re:Compare AsciiDoc and Markdown
by encryptluks2 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:47AM
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I disagree... Markdown is no longer a single unified version. There are multiple implementation, extensions, etc. The original Markdown spec by itself isn't that useful and there is a reason so many extensions have been made for it. It can maintain simplicity while still adding new features. Pandoc has some great examples of Markdown extensions that are really useful.
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The core features are pretty much universal and used in a lot of apps (chats, forums, git repositories, project management). Custom flavors maybe not rendered correctly at times but this doesn't make documents unreadable
Re:Compare AsciiDoc and Markdown
by encryptluks2 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:24AM
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The core features used in a lot of apps include different flavors, like GitHub Markdown and others. The closest thing you have to a unified Markdown is CommonMark and even that is forked for GFM. Yes, headers, bold and italics text, and lists are nice but there is a lot more to take into account when you are trying to supplement docs that other extensions add.
Re:Compare AsciiDoc and Markdown
by 29athrowaway on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @04:02PM
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There are dialects of Markdown but they all respect the core features.