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1. Excellent software support. There are many user-friendly, high quality applications for writing and editing documents in Markdown and for converting Markdown to other formats. While Markdown may be written and edited in any text editor, there are several user-friendly text editing applications that make it easier to edit and immediately view the results, such as Mou, MacDown, Texts, MarkdownPad, UberWriter and MdCharm. 2. The extended version MultiMarkdown provides all the necessary formatting and document syntax needed for text-oriented publishing in the arts and humanities, or the text component (complete with footnotes and bibliographical references) of an exhibition catalog. However, Markdown/MultiMarkdown is not a magical one-size-fits-all solution. It is particularly well suited for text-oriented documents, but quite limited for creating visually oriented documents, and not really of much use for interactive publishing formats. Markdown and similar formatting/markup languages are designed for workflows in which there is a clear separation between editorial work (involving writers, translators and editors) and publication design. For publications requiring extensive interaction between writers/ editors and visual designers/artists from the very beginning of the authoring process, other tools and workflows are preferable. Markdown vs. XML XML is designed for creating structured documents with a clear separation between logical structure and visual formatting. It is the most detailed structuring and formatting language ever developed, and provides the foundation for many other such languages. For example, both HTML and Microsoft Word’s .docx are XML-based document formats. So why shouldn’t we use XML then? While XML theoretically provides an ideal way of working with single-format files to produce multiple output formats, we do not recommend it for small, independent publishing houses. The main reason for this is that the broad versatility of XML adds several layers of complexity. Markdown on the other hand can easily be used by non-technical users while still providing good structure and better document conversion into HTML, EPUB and many other formats than Microsoft Word and similar word processing applications. Technically speaking, Markdown provides some of the same features and advantages as XML does, namely separation of content structure from visual 98
layout and painless conversion into multiple output formats. However, unlike XML, it cannot be extended with custom, self-defined markup tags. Still, and particularly for those just getting started with digital or hybrid publishing, Markdown should be more than adequate in almost all circumstances. Word processing / editing applications for Markdown Mac Freeware: Paid: ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ ∞∞ Mou 5 , with features such as live preview, sync scroll, auto save, auto pair, custom themes, CSS, HTML and PDF export, enhanced CJK support, and more. MacDown 6 , released under the MIT License and with a design and setup influenced by Mou. Byword 7 , a user-friendly, distraction-free text writing program with built-in MultiMarkdown support and export to HTML, RTF, PDF and Microsoft Word. The program runs on Mac, iPhone and iPad. A Writer 8 , a program similar to Byword. The program runs on Mac, iPhone and iPad. Scrivener 9 , a word processing application popular among professional writers, available for Mac OS X and Windows. Fully supports MultiMarkdown internally. Windows ∞∞ MarkdownPad 10 , free for personal use; a paid upgrade to Markdown- Pad Pro unlocks additional features. Linux ∞∞ ∞∞ UberWriter 11 , this editor also includes built-in support for Pandoc. MdCharm 12 , supports MultiMarkdown. 5 Mou, http://25.io/mou/. 6 MacDown, The Open Source Markdown editor for OS X, http://macdown.uranusjr.com/. 7 Byword 2, http://bywordapp.com/. 8 iA Writer, http://www.iawriter.com/mac/. 9 Scrivener 2, http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php. 10 MarkdownPad, http://markdownpad.com/. 11 UberWriter, http://uberwriter.wolfvollprecht.de/. 12 MdCharm, http://www.mdcharm.com/. 99
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