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I used to write my site the same way, but I eventually got tired with inserting tags (and closing tags) in my text. Why type more than I need to (and possibly f
by theandrewbailey 6y ago
I used to write my site the same way, but I eventually got tired with inserting tags (and closing tags) in my text. Why type more than I need to (and possibly forgetting things) when Markdown can do it for me, and passes any embedded or customized HTML tags, too?
- nayuki 6y agoI don't speak for everyone as situations differ. In my case, I'm not just writing long-form English prose, but I write technical articles that need stuff like <var>/<sup>/<sub>/<code>/<abbr>, decent control over block structure, custom-styled content, and lightly interactive content. You'd have browse my website to see examples of my existing work and why raw HTML works much better for me than Markdown/AsciiDoc/troff/etc.