True, it is more self-describing and that has some real benefits. What I typically found was that I didn't like writing in LaTeX for the same reason I don't lik

True, it is more self-describing and that has some real benefits. What I typically found was that I didn't like writing in LaTeX for the same reason I don't like writing in HTML -- the syntax occupies more space and so it gets more attention, which pulls me away from the thoughts I was actually trying to write.