I always like to go back to the figure from the pandoc homepage showing input and output formats. I think it gets taller every time I look at it: http://pando

I always like to go back to the figure from the pandoc homepage showing input and output formats. I think it gets taller every time I look at it: http://pandoc.org http://pandoc.org (scroll down past the text). Personally, I like that Markdown gives me so little control over formatting. It forces me to focus on the text instead, which is why I moved away from LaTeX. Formatting is something I'd rather do after the writing is done. If you're using LaTeX or HTML, you can embed formatting directly, and if you're using another intermediate format, Pandoc gives you a lot of control over how it's generated.