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Ask HN: Markdown or Asciidoc as a universal text source format?
I've seen various stories here on HN with comments detailing day-to-day uses of markdown along with relevant tooling for conversion or transformation to different formats. Right now the #1 story on Pandoc is one such.
So Markdown definitely wins on popularity. But most comparisons to Asciidoc seem to declare it better on technical merits (especially the reliance on different Markdown "flavors").
Which do you use? Have you tried both?
- galfarragem 6y agoMarkdown seems to be winning by a long margin. The simpler, not necessarily the better, usually wins.
- webmaven 6y ago> Markdown seems to be winning by a long margin. The simpler, not necessarily the better, usually wins. Sure, often due to network effects. But there isn't that much tooling in this area that is actually unique to Markdown (eg. Pandoc handles Asciidoc just fine), and filling in any remaining holes may be interesting projects to tackle. But the question is: are the supposed technical benefits real or illusory? Which is why I am asking for folks experiences.