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   candycanearter07 to Ethan Carter   
   Re: Tinker WriterDesk   
   21 Apr 25 22:40:03   
   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Ethan Carter  wrote at 17:03 this Saturday (GMT):   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >   
   >> On 18 Apr 2025 17:16:15 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Of course there's Markdown and Latex, but they aren't word processing.   
   >>   
   >> After all the years of WYSIWYG being in fashion, people are   
   >> (re)discovering the benefits of going back to some kind of markup notation   
   >> on top of plain text.   
   >   
   > Well observed.   
      
      
   I always prefered markdown style, it feels nicer to type with and   
   there's no way to mess up the formatting in a unreversable way. Plus, it   
   being plaintext makes it so much esaier to work with.   
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