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I agree, another problem with Word (and similar products) is it’s bloat in terms of formatting meta-data but also in glyph code-points. I often get strangely co
by cjohansson 7y ago
I agree, another problem with Word (and similar products) is it’s bloat in terms of formatting meta-data but also in glyph code-points. I often get strangely coded white-spaces or strangely coded non-ascii characters when using Word et. al. Legal documents should have limited formatting and strict encoded glyphs therefore a UTF-8 + git + markdown solution would be preferable over using Word. You can create easy to use WYSIWYG software that makes it as easy, or easier, than Word given that Word changes it UI layout every few years
- squiggleblaz 7y agoWell your post here has non-ascii characters. But perhaps you wrote it in in Word and copy-pasted it into Internet Explorer. I've seen that approach recommended to avoid data loss. It's not entirely clear what your objection is tho, since you recommend permitting UTF-8 which allows you to represent many many more non-ascii characters than ascii characters.