Comment by da_chicken
1 month ago
Okay. You didn't seem to understand that that was a rhetorical question, because you didn't seem to take the next step of reflection.
So, what does your comment to me say if used in response to your own org mode vs markdown comment you made in the post I responded to? You said org mode's capabilities are the reason why you don't want markdown.
You keep making this argument that org mode is just better, but you can immediately find a counterargument yourself to your own point.
Now, it's perfectly fine that that represents how you feel about the software. You can hold whatever opinion you want. But, you're not just trying to explain your opinion. You're trying to convince people that org mode is better. You understand why you're not being very persuasive in your argument, right? You've argued in a way that the only people who will agree with you are those that already hold the same opinion as you.
Org mode's capabilities are the reason why I don't want markdown for me.
Markdown's popularity is the reason why I switch to it for other people (team / colleagues).
LaTeX is too much for day to day use. Its purpose is precision typesetting. That is a lot of work with LaTeX. I don't need to do precision typesetting on a day-to-day basis. But I've used it to format documents for people when they ask me to. Then it's worth the pain. Besides, LaTeX has none of the organisational capabilities enabled by orgmode, for my daily-drive uses.
There is a reason a Physicist---who daily-drives LaTeX, for their publishing work---went through all the trouble to build a note taking system from scratch.
So, once again, utility is contextual, and I refer back to Master Foo's lesson every time I have a problem.
(edits: improve the tone / content)