Why the heck are we still using Markdown?

Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by zelphirkalt on Saturday April 04, 2026 @07:43AM (#47638171)

Saying, that it is the best compromise we know of is going a little far, I think. There are more readable intuitive formats, but they simply don't have the spread, that markdown formats have.

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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by NetMageSCW on Sunday April 05, 2026 @02:08PM (#47652175)

Why do you think that is?

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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by zelphirkalt on Sunday April 05, 2026 @05:42PM (#47654179)

Because I think, that there are other formats, whose formatting rules are more intuitive than Markdown's formatting rules. For example:

    (1) I can never remember, whether I need to use [] or () first, when embedding an image. In Org mode syntax one simply uses [] for both parts.
    (2) Or whether ** is bold or italic or * is bold or italic. Other formats use the well known / to mean italic, which optically already makes more sense and also doesn't interfere with something being bold or not, because it is a separate symbol. This makes Markdown also harder to parse btw..

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