Markdown
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I don’t know why it took me so long to cotton on to John Gruber’s Markdown, but it absolutely rocketh. I mean, I knew about it, and I’ve been using SmartyPants for ages, but for some reason I never checked it out.
Silly me. The auto-escaping of ampersands alone is worth it, but there’s a lot more to the brilliantly-designed little plug-in than that.
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Posted to The Good • 2005.02.09 (Wed) • 08:08
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Posted by Gabriel Mihalache 2005.02.09, 09:09
It’s my favorite also. It has several clear advantages over Textile or Textile 2. It’s also included in the latest MT plugin packs, so you can be sure it’s “here to stay”.
3 dashes for an em-dash is a bit much, though :-)
Posted by stand 2005.02.09, 09:39
Wow! thanks for the link. I remember passing on Aaron Swartz’s original incarnation of this, but this is loads better.
Posted by John Gruber 2005.02.09, 10:48
You know, I did ask you to beta test Markdown… :^)
Posted by Alastair 2005.02.09, 12:17
Thanks for prompting me to finally get around to trying it out. It certainly is “all that”.
Posted by Stephen 2005.02.09, 12:18
Indeed, Markdown is great. =) I use a php-ported Wordpress version of it myself. By the way, thanks, John Gruber!
Posted by Jez 2005.02.09, 18:56
Markdown is fantastic!
Posted by Jeff Minard 2005.02.10, 14:34
Always enjoyed Textile a little bit more. But hey, (if on WP1.5) you can have it whatever way you’d like.
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