Org-mode vs Markdown

Comments discuss Emacs Org-mode as a superior alternative to Markdown for documentation, note-taking, and literate programming, highlighting features like multi-format export, code execution via Babel, and Emacs integration. Users compare its capabilities, syntax, and editor support while addressing questions about its advantages and usage.

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lordgrenville Jan 12, 2021 View on HN

Does an org document in VScode have any advantage over Markdown? Or does VScode have an org-mode extension?

lavventura Jan 12, 2023 View on HN

Why not using Org mode files instead of Markdown files?

eBombzor Mar 20, 2022 View on HN

What are the advantages orgmode has over markdown

azaras Dec 4, 2021 View on HN

Emacs org-mode is better than Markdown.

kaushalmodi Jul 17, 2018 View on HN

Emacs Org mode fits that requirement nicely.Org mode (a plain text format ljke Markdown, but much more than that) files export easily to Markdown, HTML, tex/PDF, and multitude of other formats using Emacs itself or even Pandoc.My site (in my HN profile), for example contains text, images, etc. The content source is in Org mode.

NeutralForest Dec 26, 2021 View on HN

I do that with org-mode https://orgmode.org/ it's integrated with Emacs and I can run code in the document as well as export to PDF for presentations for example.

mbrock Sep 24, 2017 View on HN

How does Markdown or Asciidoc differ from Org in this regard?

bgorman Mar 24, 2020 View on HN

Org-mode is another powerful alternative to markdown. Github can render org-mode documentation.

Nullabillity Jan 9, 2019 View on HN

Org-mode has a similar feel to Markdown, exports to LaTeX, and allows you to embed LaTeX snippets so that you can keep using the Org file as your source of truth, rather than eventually having to do a full switch and edit the LaTeX document full-time.Another very neat feature is Org-Babel, which allows you to write code in (almost) any language that is then replaced with its output, which is great for example code. It can even pipe stuff through PlantUML, allowing you to embed your diagrams i

yashrk Jan 19, 2024 View on HN

I used org-mode files to save the examples of complex commands and code snippets (for example, for Docker, Kubernetes, bash, SQL and CQL). From the reader point of view it's literally documentation, although I'm not a professional technical writer and the only reader it's just myself (ok, sometimes I share some of this files with friends and family).If you use Emacs, you will have great editor with powerful preview features (images, formatting, table processor with formulae, co