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Re:Llms.txt by jph00 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @04:47AM (#41443357)
Markdown is plain text. llms.txt is meant to be displayed in plain text format, not rendered to html.
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Re:Llms.txt by yochem on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:29AM (#41443627)
Yes, and .py is "plain" text too. The extension however helps with signaling the intend of the file. Also, there is something to say for the argument "there is no such thing as plain text" [0]

[0]: https://youtu.be/gd5uJ7Nlvvo

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Re:Llms.txt by idf00 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @06:37AM (#41444028)
If you had python code and you didn't want it to have syntax highlighting or be run/imported or any of the other normal things that you do with python files, it might make sense to have python code in a .txt. file.

Same idea here IMO. .md would signal the wrong intent, as you don't want to render it to markdown formatting or read as a markdown file normally is. You want it to be read as plain unrendered text.

Sam

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Re:Llms.txt by phito on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @07:50AM (#41444572)
Why even have an extension?

Unrelated, but the comment two steps above has the same username pattern as yours (3 letters+00)

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Re:Llms.txt by blah123456 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @09:35AM (#41445688)
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Re:Llms.txt by randomdata on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @09:39AM (#41445749)
> I changed it just for you ♡.

iflath wasn't change enough?

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Re:Llms.txt by randomdata on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @09:34AM (#41445671)
Why does the proposal propose using .md for all other LLM-directed resources, then? Aren't they equally meant to be displayed in plain text format?
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