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>Can anyone tell me an actual reason to use Org mode over Markdown? I think the reason in general is simply that org-mode is better, i.e. more carefully define

by vga42 8mo ago

>Can anyone tell me an actual reason to use Org mode over Markdown? I think the reason in general is simply that org-mode is better, i.e. more carefully defined. I'll mention the things I like more specifically: - Link syntax in markdown is something I never remember how it goes. Org-mode is [[link][description]]. - Text styles in org-mode make more sense. In markdown, * is used for italics, * for bold. Additionally, * is for lists, which might be confusing. - Markdown blocks are freaking awful and seem to work by luck more than anything else. Code blocks even worse -- they are made by indenting 4 spaces or a tab! I couldn't come up with a worse way to do that even if I tried. Org-mode has clear #BEGIN_xxx / #END_xxx blocks. - Markdown has a weird YAML frontmatter syntax. Org-mode has keywords which can be attached to the whole document and properties, which can be attached to every heading. - Org-mode has tags. - Org-mode has timestamps.

IshKebab 8mo ago
> Link syntax in markdown is something I never remember how it goes I can remember it fairly easily. [Link](url). Very unconvinced by this. > Text styles in org-mode make more sense. In markdown, * is used for italics, * for bold. Additionally, * is for lists, which might be confusing. * for lists is what I would naturally use so I think that's better than - (but Markdown actually supports both). I'll give you * for italics though. Definitely should have been bold. > - Markdown blocks are freaking awful and seem to work by luck more than anything else. Code blocks even worse -- they are made by indenting 4 spaces or a tab! I couldn't come up with a worse way to do that even if I tried. Org-mode has clear #BEGIN_xxx / #END_xxx blocks. Sorry but there's no way #BEGIN_xxx is better than ``` or 4-space indent. > Markdown has a weird YAML frontmatter syntax. It doesn't. That's some extension. Maybe Pandoc? > Org-mode has tags. Yeah they look kind of useful. > Org-mode has timestamps. Can't say I've ever remotely wanted that feature... Overall it seems like a wash.
- vga42 8mo ago
  > Sorry but there's no way #BEGIN_xxx is better than ``` Ok, I can give you that as a subjective thing you might have. > or 4-space indent. Ok, you saying this practically invalidates every single opinion you have on everything. So thanks for playing, I won. Seriously though, you don't have to like org.

by vga42 8mo ago

IshKebab 8mo ago

> Link syntax in markdown is something I never remember how it goes I can remember it fairly easily. [Link](url). Very unconvinced by this. > Text styles in org-mode make more sense. In markdown, * is used for italics, * for bold. Additionally, * is for lists, which might be confusing. * for lists is what I would naturally use so I think that's better than - (but Markdown actually supports both). I'll give you * for italics though. Definitely should have been bold. > - Markdown blocks are freaking awful and seem to work by luck more than anything else. Code blocks even worse -- they are made by indenting 4 spaces or a tab! I couldn't come up with a worse way to do that even if I tried. Org-mode has clear #BEGIN_xxx / #END_xxx blocks. Sorry but there's no way #BEGIN_xxx is better than ``` or 4-space indent. > Markdown has a weird YAML frontmatter syntax. It doesn't. That's some extension. Maybe Pandoc? > Org-mode has tags. Yeah they look kind of useful. > Org-mode has timestamps. Can't say I've ever remotely wanted that feature... Overall it seems like a wash.

vga42 8mo ago
> Sorry but there's no way #BEGIN_xxx is better than ``` Ok, I can give you that as a subjective thing you might have. > or 4-space indent. Ok, you saying this practically invalidates every single opinion you have on everything. So thanks for playing, I won. Seriously though, you don't have to like org.