adamhyde

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   by adamhyde 10y ago

   "I don't see how using markdown is any worse than using a typewriter."...errrr...i think we have moved past the typewriter somewhat
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   by adamhyde 10y ago

   Its just a catch phrase. Get over it. Read the article, it makes a whole lot of sense and is a very sensible approach.
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   Thats like saying BP invented oil. To claim a plaintext only comment, sans markdown syntax, as markdown is a big stretch to make. But I understand you will want to make that stretch inorder to justify the magic utility of the format. Thats
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   sigh. plain text paragraphs cant be claimed to be invented by markdown. sorry. good try tho.
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   Yip. Feel much better :)
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   The link you are referring to is for a perl script to convert markdown to HTML. It is not markdown, the syntax, referred to in that article. You would have understood that if you read the next paragraph "Thus, “Markdown” is two things:
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   paragraphs are plain text :)
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   Yes and notice how few have used it even here. Most replies are plain text.
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   by adamhyde 12y ago

   haha :) yeah, the last few weeks scratched a few itches, thats for sure! But on the whole Im a positive chap and the posts are positive or (gasp) tongue in cheek :) Don't take it so personally! Thanks for your points, hope you do read
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    by adamhyde 12y ago

    I think tho that Markdown hasnt won the plain text battle - plain text has. Only a very small percentage of plain text docs are markdown...so small it wouldn't even count...
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    by adamhyde 12y ago

    hi Argh. My reply got burned by the server downtime. Just to say I dont have anything against the shell and plain text- I produced (facilitated) the production of numerous books around this topic including http://www.flossmanuals
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    by adamhyde 12y ago

    Thanks for the tip. I added a few things this afternoon and didn't spell check :) As for negative nelly, the post right after the markdown one is about an alternative (for a very specific context). But no matter, you're probably r
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    by adamhyde 12y ago

    hi, Adam here, I wrote the article. Really interesting comments. Just for the record, I am in favor of the command line tool, and I have also posted numerous articles on better alternatives :)