Re:Djot: A light markup language by the creator of Pandoc an...
by markstos on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:50PM
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Because people know and like Markdown. It’s good enough so they don’t go looking for a replacement.
Markdown is used enough that you are going to need to know the syntax. So a competitor doesn’t just have to better, it has to have enough additional merits to be worth learning in addition to Markdown.
Re:Djot: A light markup language by the creator of Pandoc an...
by nerdponx on Monday December 05, 2022 @05:14PM
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AsciiDoctor and Org Mode both have substantial additional merits over Markdown, and have dedicated user bases. The problem nowadays is that of implementation availability.
Markdown is used enough that you are going to need to know the syntax. So a competitor doesn’t just have to better, it has to have enough additional merits to be worth learning in addition to Markdown.