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Another great alternative is Wikitext used by the Wikipedia (among many others) see https://www.wikipedia.org https://www.wikipedia.org or https://en.wikipedia.

Another great alternative is Wikitext used by the Wikipedia (among many others) see https://www.wikipedia.org https://www.wikipedia.org or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext PS: Why not have the best of both worlds, that is, Markdown and Wikitext? Yes, you can; see Texti (Text with Formatting Instructions) - https://texti.github.io https://texti.github.io

scrollaway 6y ago
Texti is yours? It looks like an interesting experiment. Lots of good ideas in it, though it gets way too unfocused/wip in the second half of the document, especially in some areas like the "blocks". (Also your emojis are broken) Having hash line comments is probably a non-starter in a text format (the latex % syntax is probably a better idea indeed if you want line comments). Also the -- strikethrough -- syntax will probably conflict too much. You want comments to use a syntax which is otherwise nearly unused.
- geraldbauer 6y ago
  Thanks for your kind words (yes, sorry for the missing disclaimer). Texti is slowly evolving :-) The point is NOT to invent new syntax [1], thus, using the established unix-style/shell-style/python-style/ruby-style for comments. For a litte real world examples that generated HTML, LaTeX and Markdown from Texti see https://github.com/texti/texti.github.io/tree/master/samples https://github.com/texti/texti.github.io/tree/master/samples PS: The main missing feature (among others) in Markdown and that rocks Wikitext (and Texti too) is built-in (recursive) templates (with optional parameters) using the {{}} syntax. [1]: I know % is not new because it's used in LaTeX but LaTeX is esoteric compared to Python, Ruby, Shell Scripts, Unix Configs, etc.
  - scrollaway 6y ago
    Yeah I figured, and I personally really like # for comments in code, but here's a list of reasons why I don't think hash as comment in text is workable, in practice: #1: That's the only reason.
    - geraldbauer 6y ago
      FYI: # is already "reserved" in markdown for headings. So in theory markdown is also not workable, in practice :-). It's kind of like: 1. FC Köln - that's a football club name (and not a list marker). Try it in markdown - same gotcha :-)
      - scrollaway 6y ago
        Well, that's true, you have a point there ;) It's probably my bias talking. Good luck with the project; I love Markdown, but it's great that other people are exploring alternatives.

scrollaway 6y ago

Texti is yours? It looks like an interesting experiment. Lots of good ideas in it, though it gets way too unfocused/wip in the second half of the document, especially in some areas like the "blocks". (Also your emojis are broken) Having hash line comments is probably a non-starter in a text format (the latex % syntax is probably a better idea indeed if you want line comments). Also the -- strikethrough -- syntax will probably conflict too much. You want comments to use a syntax which is otherwise nearly unused.

geraldbauer 6y ago
Thanks for your kind words (yes, sorry for the missing disclaimer). Texti is slowly evolving :-) The point is NOT to invent new syntax [1], thus, using the established unix-style/shell-style/python-style/ruby-style for comments. For a litte real world examples that generated HTML, LaTeX and Markdown from Texti see https://github.com/texti/texti.github.io/tree/master/samples https://github.com/texti/texti.github.io/tree/master/samples PS: The main missing feature (among others) in Markdown and that rocks Wikitext (and Texti too) is built-in (recursive) templates (with optional parameters) using the {{}} syntax. [1]: I know % is not new because it's used in LaTeX but LaTeX is esoteric compared to Python, Ruby, Shell Scripts, Unix Configs, etc.
- scrollaway 6y ago
  Yeah I figured, and I personally really like # for comments in code, but here's a list of reasons why I don't think hash as comment in text is workable, in practice: #1: That's the only reason.
  - geraldbauer 6y ago
    FYI: # is already "reserved" in markdown for headings. So in theory markdown is also not workable, in practice :-). It's kind of like: 1. FC Köln - that's a football club name (and not a list marker). Try it in markdown - same gotcha :-)
    - scrollaway 6y ago
      Well, that's true, you have a point there ;) It's probably my bias talking. Good luck with the project; I love Markdown, but it's great that other people are exploring alternatives.