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theshrike79 on Aug 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zettlr: Note-Taking and Publishing with Markdown

Most Markdown extensions are just code blocks with fancy stuff. They're not pretty when viewed in plain text, but easy to ignore.

slightwinder on Aug 23, 2024 [–]

There are also tables, different link-types, lists-enhancements, how html is handled in different context.. Yesterday(?) I even saw a flavor adding LaTeX-like functions. Markdown is a very wild garden of different options.

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