Michael Dexter1d ago

Not that you asked about… word processing in 2026 but:

🥚LibreOffice now speaks markdown! But it strips out comments, as there isn’t a standard

🥚Word does not yet speak markdown, but does support ODT files

🥚Google Docs can now export markdown and makes comments into footnotes

🥚LibreOffice supports password-protected ODT files, but nothing else reads them

🥚Password-protected .docx files are supported by LibreOffice and Google Docs either offers “Preview” or strips the encryption for editing, while TextEdit shows AES encryption noise

🥚BBEdit can open .docx files, though they are not exactly user-friendly

🥚Collabora and OnlyOffice (Sveiki!) reportedly support encrypted .docx files

(I rarely use file-level encryption but it has its place and readability is important)

🥚Word mail merge is very broken while LibreOffice’s worked quite well (used for the BSDCan 2025 badges)

🥚I hope the spreadsheets aren’t making up numbers and I fear the interoperability of presentations

Show threadMichael Dexter1d ago

🐣Converted documents will gladly jump from say, 128KB to 1.2M with the exact same content. Consider copy/paste to the format of choice.

🐣RTF has no T.

😐It’s 2026 and I still don’t know how best to sit down and make a to do list that is available on my phone and desktop.

Show threaddch  
@dexter I saw this https://jotty.page last week, it looks ideal and (for me) will replace a mix of hedgedoc & todoist app subscription. Does it look useful?
jotty·page - Self-Host your Checklists & Notes

A simple, self-hosted app for your checklists and notes. Your lightweight, private alternative, formerly rwmarkable.

Mar 23 at 11:07amWeb
Show threadfellmoon 🏴1d ago
@dch @dexter I did not know I needed this, but this looks a lot like something I want A LOT... Thx for sharing
Show threaddch  1d ago
@fellmoon haven’t got it to compile on FreeBSD yet I will try a Linux jail
Show thread𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑ 🤪1d ago
@fellmoon @dch @dexter is it possible to use it offline - like using the phone in airplane mode? I liked Joplin because of that when I tried it.
Show threadTim Foster1d ago
@joel @fellmoon @dch @dexter I'm a fan of self-hosted Joplin too, which does markdown and to-do lists just fine. I needed to compile nginx from ports on FreeBSD 15.0 to support the webdav features it uses,, but otherwise it's pretty painless.