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FWIW, this blog is written using TiddlyWiki[1] whose WikiText syntax is markdown-like[2]. (Click on the pencil icon to see the raw text). So perhaps "This Wiki
by romwell 8y ago
FWIW, this blog is written using TiddlyWiki[1] whose WikiText syntax is markdown-like[2]. (Click on the pencil icon to see the raw text).
So perhaps "This Wiki's syntax" can be added to the list of alternatives that the author likes, given that he's written this whole blog in it :)
[1]https://tiddlywiki.com/ https://tiddlywiki.com/
[2]https://tiddlywiki.com/static/WikiText.html https://tiddlywiki.com/static/WikiText.html
- cookiecaper 8y agoThe post complains that markdown engines render supposedly-the-same-thing in ways different enough to constitute breakage, and that neither engine in question uses a formal grammar to indicate how the language is parsed, making translation between the two very difficult. The complaint is not actually about any kind of syntax at all -- he mentions that pen and paper is his favorite alternative -- but rather the language's ability to yield consistent and reliable results across different implementations.
- acqq 8y agoAnd maybe fitting, the blog entry contains broken formatting at the end: "LaTeX is better than markdown by far, but it has a fundamental flaw. The computer decides where the text goes, not me - I want to be in command."
- leemailll 8y ago>"The computer decides where the text goes, not me - I want to be in command." Is that possible for any program to do it in plaintext? The only things I know that can fully control character positions are something like inDesign, I don't see anyone would like to write a paper in it.