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I agree. I admit, I still /do this/ for emphasis, and have always wondered why Markdown didn't follow suit.
by ajdude 3y ago
I agree. I admit, I still /do this/ for emphasis, and have always wondered why Markdown didn't follow suit.
- masklinn 3y agoBecause Gruber used a different convention? > While Markdown’s syntax has been influenced by several existing text-to-HTML filters — including Setext, atx, Textile, reStructuredText, Grutatext, and EtText — the single biggest source of inspiration for Markdown’s syntax is the format of plain text email.