From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: itz@very.loosely.org (Ian Zimmerman)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:54:00 -0700
Subject: [TUHS] Another "craft" discussion topic - mindless tool
	proliferation
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On 2017-09-19 22:35, Grant Taylor wrote:

> > These days I use the markdown format more and more as it is easier
> > and more readable than troff/LaTeX and good enough for this sort of
> > documentation.  There is even LaTeX package for it!
> 
> I've always found markdown to be limiting, and inconsistent.  (Lack of
> standards?)

There's also ReStructured Text, where the usage is more uniform, at
least according to some.  I write simple documents in it, such as my
resume, blog posts, and yes, manpages :)

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