On 13 Nov 2013, at 20:40, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote:
> So read the thread that yuriy rasied last week > my sumarry > - write in pier > publish in latex, html, markdong “markdong” ? that’s a chinese variant :P For md, there is pandoc (http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) it converts a lot of format into a lot of other formats :) > - too many variation of markdown > - do not want to ask in haskell, ruby… to extend libraries I do not get it > - markdown does not support references and other essential points for > making decent books What do you mean by "references and other essential points” ? Ben > > Stef > > > On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Benjamin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It was a real question, and it feels like you overreacted the answer … >> >> To me, markdown or pier is a new syntax to learn so I am asking … >> To me, doing Pier because you do or because you said to is no really an >> argument. >> >> Then I am open to a real answer but I also see that markdown is integrated >> to a lot of tools (github and jekylls by examples) >> and that a lot of people knows about markdown. >> >> This was a real question, not a troll ... >> >> Ben >> >> On 13 Nov 2013, at 19:22, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> do you really think that I insist of using pier syntax because >>> A- I want to lose my time >>> B- this is for my ego? >>> C- because I'm funny >>> D- ... >>> >>> No seriously? >>> >>> If you want to get an answer read the thread that yuri raised a while ago. >>> Because we already discussed discussed and discussed it. >>> >>> I will not write any book in markdown. Now you can try and we see. >>> >>> Stef >>> >>>> Stef, what is the advantages of writing it in Pier compared to markdown ? >>>> >>>> Ben >>>> >>> >>> >> >
