> is it mainly about letters and whitespace in sequence like text/plain? The main inconvenience of writing plain html is the need for <p> tags. They really do

> is it mainly about letters and whitespace in sequence like text/plain? The main inconvenience of writing plain html is the need for <p> tags. They really do break the flow! It would be so much better if a blank line inserted them implicitly. This is indeed the killer feature of markdown and TeX.