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Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@tschenkel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tschenkel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lproven</span></a></span> </p><p>Yes, it is: <a href="https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmod</span><span class="invisible">e-as-markup-only/</span></a></p><p>However, I'll publish at least 2 articles over the next weeks that summarize the issues and <a href="https://graz.social/tags/lockin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lockin</span></a> effects of <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a>.</p><p>The solution is not just <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> but any lightweight markup language (<a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a>) that lacks the downsides of Markdown: heavy fragmentation, too many issues when processed via tools, inconsistent design, hard to learn and type, ...</p><p>Orgdown is just one of many candidates. 🙇 </p><p>(IMO the best but that's open to subjective opinion.)</p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedia.social/@zstg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zstg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@thelinuxcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxcast</span></a></span> </p><p>Absolutely.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> = the name for the syntax of Org-mode which can be used anywhere and which got great support outside of Emacs just as <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> has support outside any MD tool you name including pandoc.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> = Elisp implementation to Support note-taking (and much more) with a <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> named orgdown in (GNU) Emacs with highlighting and modification features.</p><p>Background:<br><a href="https://karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdown/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2021/11/27/orgdow</span><span class="invisible">n/</span></a><br><a href="https://gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gitlab.com/publicvoit/orgdown/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And my current main article on that:</p><p>Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text<br><a href="https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmod</span><span class="invisible">e-as-markup-only/</span></a></p><p>I'll publish an article on the many downsides of Markdown in a few weeks. You might want to add my blog feed to your RSS aggregator.</p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedia.social/@zstg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zstg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@thelinuxcast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thelinuxcast</span></a></span> We should actually get rid of <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a>. 😉 </p><p>It is one of the worst lightweight markup languages you can decide for except for adoption: it's bad with respect for learning, for typing manually and for processing.</p><p>Avoid the Markdown flavor hell and go for any other <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> that doesn't come with all the downsides.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a>, the syntax of <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> is one of the examples where the downsides of Markdown are avoided.</p><p>Please, don't settle for a mediocre solution again.</p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@gnulinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gnulinux</span></a></span> Stay tuned. Ich habe zum Thema <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> + dessen fürchterliche (und zum Teil subtile) Nachteile eine Artikelserie in Arbeit.</p><p>Da dies oft zu Missverständnissen führt, musste ich da etwas ausholen - kostet viel Zeit zum Recherchieren &amp; Schreiben.</p><p>Den Großteil habe ich bereits.</p><p>Nur soviel: statt MD sollte man Lightweight Markup Languages (<a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a>) verwenden, die in ihrer ursprünglichen Definition bereits so definiert wurden, dass man die wichtigsten Syntaxelemente nicht erst mit (zueinander inkompatiblen) Flavors usw. bekommt.</p><p>MD hat ja schon in der Urform beispielsweise zwei unterschiedliche Typen von Headings definiert. 🤦‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/Orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orgdown</span></a> ist so ein Vertreter, das meiner Meinung nach auch die beste Wahl für einen Ersatz zu Markdown ist. Ein Umstieg hat - je nach Anforderungsset - durchaus viele Vorteile, die man erst dann erkennt, wenn man mal Markdown losgeworden ist. Und da zähle ich den hervorragenden Tool-Support durch <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> noch gar nicht dazu. Der ist auch optional. :emacs:</p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> möchte <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> unterstützen: <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/LibreOffice-erhaelt-Markdown-Support-10477309.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/LibreOffice-erha</span><span class="invisible">elt-Markdown-Support-10477309.html</span></a></p><p>Dumme Idee.</p><p>Mein Kommentar: <a href="https://www.heise.de/forum/heise-online/Kommentare/LibreOffice-erhaelt-Markdown-Support/Keine-gute-Idee-Es-gibt-nicht-das-Markdown-Nehmt-was-anderes-oder-lasst-es/posting-45328375/show/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/forum/heise-online/Ko</span><span class="invisible">mmentare/LibreOffice-erhaelt-Markdown-Support/Keine-gute-Idee-Es-gibt-nicht-das-Markdown-Nehmt-was-anderes-oder-lasst-es/posting-45328375/show/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/MD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MD</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p>Should I dare to do a "why <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> is one of the worst lightweight markup syntax languages there is"-session at a UX/UI-dominant <a href="https://graz.social/tags/barcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barcamp</span></a>? 😜 </p><p>C'mon, do push me over that cliff! 😆 </p><p>Background: <a href="https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmod</span><span class="invisible">e-as-markup-only/</span></a> 👉 it's related but would be a different focus since I won't push <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> that much - people can be happier with other LMLs as well as long as it's not the <a href="https://graz.social/tags/MD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MD</span></a> hell. (Sneak preview: I'm writing a long article on all the MD issues in order to explain it once and for all since the Mastodon discussions are really annoying to me.) </p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/AsciiDoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsciiDoc</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/rSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rSt</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/WikiText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WikiText</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajlewis2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajlewis2</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pkm.social/@ellane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ellane</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@feralthoughts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>feralthoughts</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@hbowie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hbowie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reichenstein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>reichenstein</span></a></span> </p><p>Just for clarification: same holds true for any other markup supported by pandoc, not just <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a>. </p><p>However, if you stick with a syntax language that doesn't come with this explosion of flavors, you have less issues converting your data - in some cases you don't even have to convert at all any more.</p><p>The issue with Markdown is that its original form defined a small minimum of elements and each tool defined its own potentially incompatible extensions. With other <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a>, the "original" or its standard defines the maximum set of elements and therefore, there is no need for "flavors" and no data loss or conversion effort.</p><p>HTH</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/AsciiDoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsciiDoc</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/PIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PIM</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@amoroso" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amoroso</span></a></span> My thoughts:</p><p>- They mix up Markdown with the general term lightweight <a href="https://graz.social/tags/markup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markup</span></a> language (as if <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> is the only <a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> syntax)</p><p>- They ignore all other markup syntax examples such as (La)TeX, HTML, ...</p><p>- great screenshots of Word for DOS upwards 👍</p><p>- the title should be "<a href="https://graz.social/tags/WYSIWYG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WYSIWYG</span></a> vs. LML" (instead of the Word vs. Markdown story)</p><p>- no mentioning of other LML examples</p><p>Well it looks, as if we're settling for a mediocre standard again.</p><p>Related: <a href="https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmod</span><span class="invisible">e-as-markup-only/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgdown</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://corteximplant.com/@Xhuul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Xhuul</span></a></span> I haven't found any decent <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> editor yet that convinced me.</p><p>And yes, I prefer Emacs with <a href="https://graz.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a>.</p><p>I even write my text in Org and use the export-to-MD functions to generate the appropriate <a href="https://graz.social/tags/MD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MD</span></a>.</p><p>That also saves me from remembering the MD-specifics of the current export target. I always mix up the MD flavors currently at hand because I need to use different MD-enabled tools on a daily basis and all of them have their special markup variants - sometimes it's even necessary to use, e.g., different table syntax (within the same MD tool!) for different table properties such as line breaks and stuff. It's really a bad mess with MD. 😔 </p><p>Btw: <a href="https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmod</span><span class="invisible">e-as-markup-only/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/LML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LML</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/markupsyntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markupsyntax</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/markup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markup</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/syntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syntax</span></a></p>
michaelpollak<p>:fff: Bei der Kickoff Veranstaltung des Land Mobil Lab (<a href="https://fedi.at/tags/lml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lml</span></a>) unser Projekt <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/Nachbarschaftsauto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nachbarschaftsauto</span></a> vorgestellt. Super Location in Zwettl bei Frau Ida und tolle Menschen. Spannend was alles in Bewegung ist! :masto_love:</p><p>🚌🚲<br>Jetzt im Bus zurück nach Windigsteig. Freu mich auf radlfahren bei dem Traumwetter :masto_love:<br><a href="https://fedi.at/tags/mobilit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobilität</span></a> <a href="https://fedi.at/tags/waldviertel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waldviertel</span></a></p>