Markdown is anything but new. I've been using it for 10+ years. -Fozz
PS sorry for the top post. I'm on my phone. "S. Dale Morrey" <[email protected]> wrote: >Markdown is the new hotness in formatting. >Instead of open and close tags like SGML/HTML/XML your markup is done >with >a single tag and indenting takes care of the rest. >eg. > >#html > #head > #meta: content blah > #body > #container > lorem ipsum > #footer > >Theoretically it's supposed to make it easier to format documents >without >opening and closing so many tags. The elements and how they rendered >are >selected at runtime from a cascading style sheet or other similar >document. > >I give it a year or two before it disappears, it's kind of a pain in >the >butt when you need to string together multiple documents to create a >single >document ala server side includes or any other active content. > > >On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On January 21, 2014, Michael Torrie wrote: >> >> > Just for kicks, I tried to convert the epub version of Linux >Journal to >> >> > txt. It mostly worked, but the source code snippets lost all their >> >> > indenting. Converting to markdown format worked a little better, >> >> > preserving the source code format, but then you have all the >markdown >> >> > tags. Maybe that can be converted to a downloadable txt file. Will >> >> > keep you posted. >> >> >> >> Interesting experiment. I've never heard of Markdown format. I'd be >curious >> to see the results of your tests. Of course, they still won't do me >much >> good unless you can place the resulting txt file somewhere on the web >where >> I can grab it. But it's interesting for the future, just the same. :) >> >> >> >> That does bring up something I was thinking of last night, though. >See my >> next message... :) >> >> >> >> --- Dan >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> > On 01/17/2014 11:18 AM, David Landry wrote: >> > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> That sounds good. How about a web site or a Snail mail address >for >> > them? I >> > >> would like to do a bit of research to see if they're what I want >to >> > spend >> > >> my money on. :) >> > >> >> > > >> > > Not sure about snail mail addresses, but I think these are the >websites >> > for >> > > each of the magazines people were talking about. >> > > >> > > Linux Format: >> > > >> > >> >http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/content/lp/digitalbundles/comp-linuxformat/ >> > > >> > > (main site: http://www.linuxformat.com/) >> > > >> > > Linux User and Developer: >> > > >http://catalogue-imagine.subscribeonline.co.uk/Subscription/linux-user >> > > (main site: http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/) >> > > >> > > Linux Voice: >> > > http://shop.linuxvoice.com/ >> > >> > Surprised Linux Journal isn't on the list. It goes back a long >time. >> > It's also one of the cheaper ones. http://www.linuxjournal.com. >They >> > have pdf and epub. Are either of those two formats accessible to >you? >> > >> > /* >> > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> > Don't fear the penguin. >> > */ >> > >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > >/* >PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >Don't fear the penguin. >*/ -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
