On Nov 14, 2013, at 1:03 AM, Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 ;P yes 400 × 195 - baudelet.net vietnamese apparently > For md, there is pandoc (http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) > it converts a lot of format into a lot of other formats :) Yes we know. But again as I said it one million times. Markdown does not offer what is needed to write books. I will not repeat here. And I will not hack pandoc to make it works. > >> - too many variation of markdown >> - do not want to ask in haskell, ruby… to extend libraries > > I do not get it >> - do not want to **hack** in haskell, ruby… to extend libraries > >> - markdown does not support references and other essential points for >> making decent books > > What do you mean by "references and other essential points” ? I will not repeat it :) Read the thread of yuriy. > > 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
