Text Format Feature Matrix

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A feature matrix comparing text formats is presented for software evaluation.

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thangalinAuthor

4 months ago

I've created several PDF documents written in plain text (CommonMark plus pandoc-compatible extensions) that showcase what's possible with Markdown and the ConTeXt typesetting system. People claim that AsciiDoc and reStructuredText are "better" than Markdown for technical documentation, without citing a feature matrix.

My hope is that claimants will offer their own feature matrix---or improve mine---to help writers assess what text format meets their needs.

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