Re: Markdown Discord/Slack? Just a thought...

[Marc Chantreux <eiro-fbXiWI9j2LLYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>]

hello people,

> I was questioning, why pandoc uses an old style mailing list which is unable
> to format code samples (->markdown) etc

what do you mean by "format"? i read this list with the text content.

so my anwser here is "freedom" (and nowadays, i'll add digital sobriety
for ecological reasons).

* you send me the data (without all those extra useless html garbage)
* i do whatever i want with it
  (not only reply and archive, modify, annoate, index the way *i* want
  and i can mix with other sources)

it would be hard to get the same level of productivity with a web page.

and i can work offline without even noticing:
* i send mails then my mta will relay it ASAP
* i archived, annotated, indexed some posts and i use it as
  documentation (as well as info and man pages when available)

finally: using vim and mutt makes things very fast. for pandoc
specifically: i use the vim ! operator all the time to test the code
online and :'<,'>w ~/pandoc/samples/cool-one.md (file is created)
when i see something interesting ... i have a bunch of scripts to
make the things even faster.

> Wouldn't it be much better also for new user, if it would support markdown
> -> meaning something like slack or discord.

new users can use whatever webmails they want so they are not lost?

> I see lots of examples posted in this mailing list, which are hard to read
> and understand mainly by the lack of formatting.

again: i don't get it: i don't use webpages but hope they *at least*
don't break the way the initial message is formated? what webmail are
you using ?

> Whats about discord or slack? or any other channel which can format markdown
> ...? Maybe other users feel the same?

well ... to me an active mailing list is a sine qua none to consider a project
because i have no time to waste with 40 browser tabs to connect to all those RAM
eaters to end up with a poor version of mutt.

i learnt vim and mutt 20 years ago and i'm daily rewarded by the confort
and the productivity i have since then (meanwhile, web people came thru
lot of different tools to end up with poor textareas to express
themselves. this is sad) so every abandoned or closed mailing-list (or
nntp forum) is a tragedy to me.

but maybe we should find a convention so your UA (whatever it is)
"formats" things the way you expect? can you tell us about the way you
read this forum?

> Of course these solutions also have their disadvantages -> you need
> channels/threads etc...

mailing lists have threads too: every message that isn't a reply to
another is a new thread.

regards
marc