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* [http://blog.martinfenner.org/2014/09/07/commonmark-and-the-future-of-scholarly-markdown/ CommonMark and the Future of Scholarly Markdown] | * [http://blog.martinfenner.org/2014/09/07/commonmark-and-the-future-of-scholarly-markdown/ CommonMark and the Future of Scholarly Markdown] | ||
* [http://inundata.org/2012/12/04/how-to-ditch-word/ How to Ditch Word] | * [http://inundata.org/2012/12/04/how-to-ditch-word/ How to Ditch Word] | ||
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== Other links == | == Other links == | ||
Revision as of 12:39, 6 October 2014
Markdown is a lightweight and human readable markup format for text formatting created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It is similar to various forms of wiki markup.
There is no formal specification for the original Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. An attempt to improve on this situation was done (released 2014-09) by a group unrelated to the originators of Markdown, and was originally dubbed Standard Markdown until John Gruber objected to this name, and it was first renamed "Common Markdown" and later CommonMark.
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Specs and format descriptions
- Official 2004 specification and markdown to HTML conversion tool
- Draft application for text/markdown media (MIME) type
- Markdown license
Software and Tools
- Markdownpad: edit Markdown (Windows; commercial, with free-of-charge version)
- MacDown (OS X; open source)
- Trunk Notes: note-taking app that uses Markdown (iOS; commercial, paid)
- Babelmark: tool to show differences in Markdown implementations (FAQ)
- scholmd: Tools and resources for Markdown documents
- Dillinger: cloud-enabled HTML5 Markdown editor
- Pandoc: Document format conversion swiss-army knife
Commentary
- Switching to Markdown for Scholarly Article Production
- What is the mime type for Markdown?
- Discussion of media type application
- CommonMark and the Future of Scholarly Markdown
- How to Ditch Word
- Markdown throwdown: what happens when FOSS software gets corporate backing?
Other links
- Byword MultiMarkdown Guide
- Markdown Extra - includes support for tables, definition lists, footnotes, etc.
- Markdown Community Group
- CommonMark
