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LibreOffice is Finally Working on a Long-Requested Feature and I am Happy (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev

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What's Happening: Work is underway to add native Markdown import support to LibreOffice Writer. This development, led in collaboration with a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) developer, aims to enable opening and editing of Markdown files (.md) using the MD4C Markdown parser.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can someone explain why I might want to use markdown locally? So far, I only now it from message boards, blog software etc. and all software that supported it came with its own editor. When would I use MD rather than ODT/DOCX?

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[–] Giloron@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Documentation in a repository.

ODT and DOCX are binary and can't be versioned and compared like a plain text format can.

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks, for your explanation!

Now that you mention it I saw these .MD files several times on Github etc.

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In general: you don't need any specific app to use Markdown files, you can just read them in a text editor. I've come to really like these kinds of raw-readable formats - usability without special tools can be incredibly useful depending on the situation.

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