[DG: Open Forum] Favorite Markup Language

D. Stuart Freeman stuart.freeman at et.gatech.edu
Fri Apr 30 07:27:01 PDT 2010


I think Restructured Text has the best spec and features (inline urls,
docbook and LaTeX export, etc), but Markdown has the marketshare
(stackoverflow.com, github.com, etc).

Speaking of stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34276/markdown-versus-restructuredtext

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:15:25PM -0400, Steven Githens wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just curious what you're favorite markup/wiki/formatting syntax is.  
> Markdown? Creole? Restructured Text? LaTeX?  Something else?  The 
> context here is mostly for writing instructions and technical 
> documentation for open source software.
> 
> I've been using Restructured Text for my personal projects, and am 
> thinking about switching to Markdown or something similar.
> 
> DISCUSS!
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve
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D. Stuart Freeman
Georgia Institute of Technology
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