Time for Markdown
Phew! I just finished converting all my posts from HTML to Markdown format to get a grasp of how the things should be done and it was really inspiring.
What is Markdown? It’s yet another markup language for the web which has very nice syntax. With its help now I finally can read my blog’s posts’ text paragraphs with tons of links. Also, it’s possible to use a full power of HTML markup in Markdown — that’s very useful too. Now I like it even more than Textile.
Also, there’s SmartyPants — tool to enhance typography of web-published documents. Give it a try.
UPDATE: Just noticed a minor nuisance: if you’re using reference-style links, link labels for all links used prior to WordPress’ <!--more--> tag should also be placed prior that tag. By now I should’ve corrected all errors. BTW, because Markdown allows for seamless inclusion of HTML you don’t have to convert all old posts to Markdown format as I did — everything would just work.
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