For general use, neither, but for personal use, Markdown. Unlike Textile, with its specific syntax, Markdown adapts to various implementations of email syntax (

For general use, neither, but for personal use, Markdown. Unlike Textile, with its specific syntax, Markdown adapts to various implementations of email syntax (numbered lists actually use numbers, bulleted lists use hyphens or asterisks). Write it like it would look in an email, and it should format nicely.