Markdown vs AsciiDoc
The cluster centers on debates comparing Markdown to alternatives like AsciiDoc for documentation and writing, discussing their respective strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for various use cases such as plain text editing, complex documents, and version control.
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Why markdown when there are much better formats like AsciiDoc?
Why do you think it's superior to Markdown?
I don't, Markdown is good enough even as plain text to me
Mind explaining how this is superior to Markdown?
Wouldn't such people use Word or Pages rather than markdown though?
could anyone give one sentence pitch why it's better than markdown files?
What? Markdown is WAY better to write in than HTML, and there are a bajillion converters if worse came to worst
I've been using Markdown for a while and know what you mean. I just came across this article last week: https://opensource.com/article/22/8/drop-markdown-asciidoc. Maybe it could help you.
Markdown is wonderful for simple documents often read in plain text.
but why use markdown then? instead of google doc or something?