PeteJan 14
If you are an author who uses #markdown, what app do you use for your #writing ? I am relatively new to Markdown and have begun using #Joplin for my note-taking, mainly because it works best across all platforms (iOS, MacOS, Android, Linux) via my #NextCloud server.
My needs are relatively simple because I currently only write short articles and social media posts. I'm thinking of using Joplin for everything because I am enjoying it so much. I also have some experience with Obsidian and Ghostwriter for markdown writing. Any thoughts from more experienced markdown users than me?
Show threadarvind

Like you, I use markdown to write notes in Joplin. And to write Fedi posts such as this one. (wafrn, the Fedi software I am using, supports writing posts in markdown.)

My only suggestion: do not get seduced by markdown's ease of use. Do not try to use it indiscriminately. Do not use it for documents that require complex markup (text with lots of subscripts/superscripts, mathematical equations, chemical formulae, nested sections, tables, columns, etc.), or even for simple but very long documents (long-form writing, books).

Basically, limit its use to short documents/notes that require very little markup.

This article is a good overview of the benefits and limitations of markdown.

As an aside, I hope djot replaces markdown as the most popular lightweight markup language in the near future.


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Show threadPeteJan 15
@dialecticalmusings thanks. That all looks like good advice. My writing is quite simple as far as formatting goes but I understand your point about long form writing.