On 2014-03-05, at 12:16, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> I'm evaluating several editors for OS X and iOS that manage (or claim to >> support) Markdown. Few of those honour ODT, and I want them to. >> >> Does anyone here have direct experience (you use it or have used it or know >> someone who does) with Byword*, Writer Pro** (costlier version of IA Write)? >> >> This could be an interesting discussion… Both Byword and Writer Pro have >> branded versions that work on iOS 7, but the more interesting feature is >> Markdown, which I rather like and which is gaining traction at an amazing >> pace. >> > > Sorry, I'm not a Mac person. But I think conversion from Markdown to > ODF format should be an easy task. It would be comparable to > conversion from Wikitext to ODF, and we know that is possible, e.g., > the MediaWiki extension that does this.
Yes, I am aware of that and conscious it ought to be easy to do. But it's not been done yet. But it would be a good thing to have, as this feature—saving as Markdown—is put out there as a selling point for these and other apps, and not just for OS X but also for Windows, Web apps and even, no doubt, Linux apps. Meanwhile, I'm rather keen to get Byword and Writer Pro to support ODT. The default format for saving for Writer Pro is, I think, just .txt and markdown (mdwn?). > >> (Neither is overwhelmingly popular and neither is actually suited for >> enterprise use. They are, like Scrivener (a rather nice app.) aimed squarely >> at the individual writer. However, as I started my career (think of it as a >> plunge) in ICT fresh from grad school working as a copywriter, the >> "individual writer" target can be expansive. Most text we read is composed >> not by clever chimps.) >> >> Thanks >> Louis >> >> * http://bywordapp.com/ >> ** http://writer.pro/ >> >> PS I'm not sure if AOO has a current macro of equiv. for Markdown. (LO does >> not seem to, either: http://en.libreofficeforum.org/node/7210.) One can use >> Pandoc for just about any output, in this case, CSS, and then convert to >> Markdown. But my guess is that there be easier ways. -Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
