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stackghost 21 hours ago

>I've recently converted my blog from org-mode to markdown.

Me too. I went to Jekyll and I thought I'd miss org but it turns out I don't. Plus I still get a slow lisp-like language (ruby) just like elisp.

Org is a neat idea but nothing supports it. You can get a jupyter-like experience with src blocks but have fun sharing it with anyone unless you only interact with other emacs users.

Markdown is merely acceptable, IMHO, but everything supports it, so it's the clear choice in my book.

WhatIsDukkha 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Its completely trivial to export orgmode to markdown either as a process or just whenever you copy to the clipboard.

Completely trivial isn't a big barrier to interoperation.

stackghost 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure but each "completely trivial" step adds complexity to the overall process, which makes it brittle.

I'd rather just write in markdown than have to spend hours upon hours reading the awful emacs docs. I have a thousand things to do and no time.

Org might be better, but it's not better enough.