KrisNov 26

@konrad

Es ist [Text](url).

Der Text ist ein Schild für Menschen.
Die URL ist der Tunnel nach draußen, ein Link. Oder rund wie eine Weltkugel, das Internet Icon.

Und es ist Schild vor Tunnel, weil der Mensch kommt immer zuerst.

![]() für Bilder genauso.

Show threadPhilip GillißenNov 26
@isotopp @konrad danke für die Eselsbrücke!
Bilder finde ich weiterhin schwierig zu merken, aber ist okay.
Show threadKrisNov 26

@guerda @konrad Die Syntax für Bilder ist genau dieselbe wie für Links:

![Alt-Text](image-url)

vs.

[Text](url)

Das ! vorne dran ist da, weil ein Bild mehr sagt als 1000 Worte, es schreit.

Show threadCegorachFeb 2
@isotopp @guerda @konrad die Leute hätten so viel Spaß mit BBCode und WikiSyntax!

Markdown ist ja schon ziemlich das einfachste und inzwischen fast überall Standard.

Sag nochmal wer es gäbe keinen Fortschritt in der IT/Software!
Show threadKarl Voit  

@dat @konrad @isotopp @guerda Ich setze eines drauf und behaupte, Markdown ist ein Rückschritt. 😜

https://www.karl-voit.at/2025/08/17/Markdown-disaster/

Markdown Is a Disaster: Why and What to Do Instead

Markdown Is a Disaster: Why and What to Do Instead

public voit - Web-page of Karl Voit
Mar 9 at 11:56amWeb
Show threadCegorachMar 9
@publicvoit @konrad @isotopp @guerda oh boy…

someone wrote that using -vvvvv?

main points seem to be:

- too many conflicting standards/flavors (obviously)
- link syntax is shit (yes)
- headlines are needlessly complicated (no)
- emphasis sucks (yes)
- no usable tables (yes, but hard to fix - and I tried)
- hard on parsers (I couldn't care less)
- orgdown is better (not really and nobody cares)

so there's that
Show threadKarl Voit  Mar 9

@dat @konrad @isotopp @guerda

Well, I would say that short summary is too short so that it is wrong. If this could discussed any shorter, I would have tried to do so. Many discussions here on Fediverse proved that this is too complicated for a thread here. So, the article was written with a very particular goal in order to contribute arguments to the (often only emotional) discussion.

Furthermore, I added some arguments which you didn't - you just added your personal opinion which may or may not vary for others.

Mine does vary. And I do have reasons.

So, yes, keep on using MD although there are multiple alternatives that are MUCH better. I don't care as long as you don't force it on me.

(fixed wrong language tag)

Show threadKarl Voit  Mar 9

@dat @konrad @isotopp @guerda Besides: the existence of this thread (look up the original post) for such an important and heavily used syntax element is proof that Markdown has a bad syntax design.

When broken url syntax becomes a meme. 🤷

Furthermore: most people arguing for MD are actually mixing up MD with lightweight markup languages in general, neglecting all the other beautiful LMLs there are.

It's not as if somebody would ask to get rid of text-file based workflows. 😔

We should aim for making them work by using LMLs that actually work in practice.

So even for your overly condensed summary we should get a positive answer for all of them.