If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown

Re:If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown by pphysch on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @08:11PM (#43179544)

Why does it need to be side by side? Just let each client choose WSIWYG or raw.

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Re:If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown by david422 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @08:36PM (#43179682)

When writing in text mode so that you can see what you are generating. Wouldn't really need it the other direction though.

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Re:If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown by oneeyedpigeon on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @05:42AM (#43182554)

Isn't the point of Markdown that you don't need to 'see what you are generating', you can just read it? I write Markdown every day, but I do it in a plaintext editor (with syntax highlighting). I have a keyboard shortcut to view a preview in my browser, but I don't see a great need to be viewing that preview all the time.

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Re:If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown by immibis on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @07:49AM (#43183165)

I think the point of Markdown is to signal that you're someone who uses things like Markdown.

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Re:If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown by pphysch on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @02:35PM (#43187276)

Markdown is ubiquitous even in boring corporate technical writing processes nowadays. Nothing hip about it.

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