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FYI: I've started work on an alternative to markdown called texti (text with instructions). It's really more of an evolution e.g. some deletions, some additions
by geraldbauer 9y ago
FYI: I've started work on an alternative to markdown called texti (text with instructions). It's really more of an evolution e.g. some deletions, some additions, some changes. See some examples at the project site - https://texti.github.io https://texti.github.io
- shortformblog 9y agoSome feedback: As someone who types 30 articles in Markdown per week, # is the deal breaker for me here. It's at a spot on the keyboard that is easy to type. The = sign is not. You should consider a symbol on the left side of the keyboard that is easy to reach. The equals sign just doesn't encourage the kind of muscle memory that the hashtag does. There are some good ideas here, though. I would like to suggest that there has to be a good way to implement class and id tags in a language like this. That is the only real issue I have with the Markdown spec.
- geraldbauer 9y agoThanks for your feedback. Greatly appreciated. The reason for `=` is to welcome the Wikipedia writer crowd and `#` in the unix world is always used for comments (and "classic" markdown has no comments). What's a human writer-friendly markup convention without comments? Anyways, thanks again for your comments.