Comments on: What is Markdown and why use it? https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:50:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Rahul Soni https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513509 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:50:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513509 I couldn’t agree more. For more tips on Markdown, visit http://www.attosol.com/learn-markdown/

]]> By: rajkumar https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513508 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:34:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513508 I agree, markdown is really useful for non programmers.

http://www.markdownsyntax.org/markdown-getting-started/

]]> By: on https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513507 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 08:56:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513507 Markdown is crap. It’s a retarded tool for people who try to impress other with their useless knowledge (read: geeks). It’s a step back from WYSIWYG technologies, which got really well.
It’s awkward to do stuff in this useless “language”. The one who invented this should seriously consider a brain surgery.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513506 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:56:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513506 ” this sort of screw-up can be avoided. There are ways to “escape” characters that are normally used for formatting that you wish to be displayed “

]]> By: Donald Iljazi https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513505 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:10:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513505 You are wrong about the bracket thing and that you can’t write [something] in brackets you can always do [[something]]

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513504 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:05:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513504 Runoff, nroff, troff and eroff? Why not Groff?

Oh, wait, that is groff.

Yes, that would be fine. Maybe even better, but it helps to use what you know, and sed is more generally useful so I tend to know how to use it more.

]]> By: Monado https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513503 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:01:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513503 sed? not runoff, nroff. troff eroff?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513502 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:31:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513502 The resulting flow of execution is handled by the server

Actually, I was thinking that the other part of the flow was handled by a silly human!

]]> By: Timberwoof https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513501 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:48:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513501 That’s the sort of question which when I ask it of my boss, he says, “Excellent question,” and I wonder if he’s slightly annoyed.

Excellent question! A pop-up list, along with radio buttons, check boxes, and text entry fields, does provide an if/then construct. But it’s only half the decision (the identity of the item chosen). The resulting flow of execution is handled by the server, which then gives you a new web page. There’s no way in HTML to present, say, one set of text if it’s Timberwoof reading it and some other set if it’s some guy who’s nit-picking about whether HTML is Turing-complete. (Yeah, you can do it with Javascript and PHP and Perl. But these are Turing-complete languages.)

As for your second question, no, but http://alice.pandorabots.com/ lets you do it with a variety of systems.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513500 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:18:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/01/what-is-markdown-and-why-use-i/#comment-513500 What about drop down list boxes on a web page that determine some outcome?

Can you use HTML to simulate a human being hiding in the next room. THAT’s the real question!

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