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I wonder why people make so much different rich text editor. while i only use Markdown format for my projects. I wonder about the Rich Text to HTML compatibilit
by fidz 14y ago
I wonder why people make so much different rich text editor. while i only use Markdown format for my projects. I wonder about the Rich Text to HTML compatibility (some rich text editor have problem with interpreting formatted text into the HTML, since then i afraid to use rich text editor and more using it).
- jakejake 14y agoMarkdown is great for projects where the users don't mind writing using code. WYSISYG editors are nice for people who are not technical at all to manage their website and things like that. They do sometimes produce really terrible HTML though, especially because people copy/paste from MS Word and it results in a bunch of garbage.
- chmike 14y agoMarkdown has a lot of shortcoming because it maps to basic html. i.e. It ignores starting numbers and numbering gaps. Markdown is not a standardize encoding. Many markdown editors don't support tables for instance. Finally, as an editor, it lacks the easiness to add images and such. They need to be uploaded in a web server. It thus has significant limitations before it can be considered a serious rich text alternative. I do use it and I would love it had a better support because it is easy. What I like is that when writing we focus on the text, not the formating. Formatting is implicit.