This is precisely why us Emacs users have been advocating org-mode for years. It can make generating tables, creating outlines, headers, emphasis, etc. all auto

This is precisely why us Emacs users have been advocating org-mode for years. It can make generating tables, creating outlines, headers, emphasis, etc. all automatic and easy, (Most editors don't have support for markdown that makes this automatic.) Best of all, org-mode syntax is just ASCII like Markdown and your grandmother could open it in notepad and understand perfectly what you're trying to convey. Article about Org-mode that shows some common use-cases: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9116 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9116