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 (DIR) Post #Ad4bIOuxRDRNaPsvUu by liw@toot.liw.fi
       2023-12-22T16:09:37Z
       
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       The #Pandoc abstract syntax tree as JSON would make an interesting and interoperable document exchange format, except it's very stable. That'd be fixable, though. With a little effort, it could be specified quite formally.Imagine using that for, say, emails, or instead of markdown. No need to understand badly defined HTML subsets or markdown flavors, except for you local client. Everyone could interoperate. It's not human-readable, or human-writable, but it's powerful.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad4bIRCOxKaAf63sxs by liw@toot.liw.fi
       2023-12-22T16:12:22Z
       
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       Pure plain text, and markdown, and various other light-weight markup languages, are nice. I enjoy using them.But anything non-trivial tends to end up being an interoperability headache.Imagine a world where "text" could be "rich text", but still easily processed by any software. And also text, not random binary junk.