On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 07:56:03PM +0100, Marc Chantreux wrote: > > there is no problem with other formats but can't you admit that for many > people, something like > > * denis > * brian > * doug > > is easier to write, read and edit than << ? > > <ul> > <li>denis</li> > <li>brian<li> > <li>doug</li> > </ul> > > also: > > * transpiling is always a good thing to catch and avoid errors. for > exemple: did you realize that the "brian" item is broken? this will > not happen using a markdown as source > * the "proper" way to serialize an html/xml that is not intended to be > edited isn't the way i write above but this below instead. and frankly > i don't want to edit those kind of stuff > > <ul><li>denis</li><li>brian</li><li>doug</li></ul> > > > The fact that pandoc appears to not support the most important > > documentation language, mdoc(7), at all, neither for input nor for > > output, already makes me raise an eyebrow or two
Vim has many useful HTML plugins (or write your own) The above list require two keystrokes and a number of list items wanted in one plugin I have barely started to use. A print CSS file can do a tremendous amount of formatting useful for printed documents. * brian Has no formatting. Once again, we are talking ed(1). Followed by a formatter. I use vim on my laptop and ed(1) on my phone. It works. I detest Libreoffice. I have never yet gotten it to do anything I needed. But to each their own. Overall, this thread has been very enlightening for me. I do need to learn some other methods. TeX and LaTeX keep coming up everywhere I look. Have fun, Chris Bennett
