Comment by IshKebab
18 hours ago
> Link syntax in markdown is something I never remember how it goes
I can remember it fairly easily. [Link](url). Very unconvinced by this.
> Text styles in org-mode make more sense. In markdown, * is used for italics, * for bold. Additionally, * is for lists, which might be confusing.
* for lists is what I would naturally use so I think that's better than - (but Markdown actually supports both). I'll give you * for italics though. Definitely should have been bold.
> - Markdown blocks are freaking awful and seem to work by luck more than anything else. Code blocks even worse -- they are made by indenting 4 spaces or a tab! I couldn't come up with a worse way to do that even if I tried. Org-mode has clear #BEGIN_xxx / #END_xxx blocks.
Sorry but there's no way #BEGIN_xxx is better than ``` or 4-space indent.
> Markdown has a weird YAML frontmatter syntax.
It doesn't. That's some extension. Maybe Pandoc?
> Org-mode has tags.
Yeah they look kind of useful.
> Org-mode has timestamps.
Can't say I've ever remotely wanted that feature...
Overall it seems like a wash.
> Sorry but there's no way #BEGIN_xxx is better than ```
Ok, I can give you that as a subjective thing you might have.
> or 4-space indent.
Ok, you saying this practically invalidates every single opinion you have on everything. So thanks for playing, I won.
Seriously though, you don't have to like org.