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Saša Janiška <sjaniska@atmarama.net>
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Hello,

I'm aware that markdown markup is rich-enough for (my) needs of 
taking
notes. Moreover, I d o plan to use notes in writing content for 
the Tiki
CMS which does support (commonmark) markdown.

However, I do wonder if by choosing to write notes in markdown 
over
org-mode will I miss some features? Maybe not in the Denote 
itself, but
in the additional packages in the Denote's ecosystem?

Sincerely,
Saša

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> From: Saša Janiška <sjaniska@atmarama.net>
> Date: Sun,  3 Mar 2024 13:49:16 +0100
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> Hello,

Hello Saša,

> I'm aware that markdown markup is rich-enough for (my) needs of taking
> notes. Moreover, I d o plan to use notes in writing content for the
> Tiki CMS which does support (commonmark) markdown.
>
> However, I do wonder if by choosing to write notes in markdown over
> org-mode will I miss some features? Maybe not in the Denote itself,
> but in the additional packages in the Denote's ecosystem?

I think Markdown will always be good enough. It has enough features and
works practically everywhere. If you need to convert files to Org, you
can use Pandoc or write some script yourself.

Org's capabilities are nice for special kinds of documents, not your
average note. Think of cases such as writing a book/manual, maintaining
a list with tasks, doing literate programming... For those Org is better
than Markdown. Though if, as you claim, Markdown is enough for your
needs, Org will not give you anything more.

Taking a step back, all decisions involve trade-offs. Choosing a
technology today means that we might lock ourselves in to something that
may not be good enough in the future. But we cannot know what will
happen, while we have to act in the present. So we choose something that
has decent chances of remaining portable/interoperable and hope that in
that potential future there will be the requisite tools to convert our
data to whatever the new+superior standard is. Put differently, do not
let the possibility of a better future deny you the experience of a
decent present.

All the best,
Prot

P.S. I am phasing out SourceHut: <https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-01-27-sourcehut-no-more/>.
Development continues on GitHub with GitLab as a mirror.

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Saša Janiška <sjaniska@atmarama.net>
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Protesilaos Stavrou <info@protesilaos.com> writes:

> I think Markdown will always be good enough. It has enough 
> features and
> works practically everywhere. If you need to convert files to 
> Org, you
> can use Pandoc or write some script yourself.

I was exploring some other options, but I believe you're right.

> Taking a step back, all decisions involve trade-offs. Choosing a
> technology today means that we might lock ourselves in to 
> something that
> may not be good enough in the future. But we cannot know what 
> will
> happen, while we have to act in the present. So we choose 
> something that
> has decent chances of remaining portable/interoperable and hope 
> that in
> that potential future there will be the requisite tools to 
> convert our
> data to whatever the new+superior standard is. Put differently, 
> do not
> let the possibility of a better future deny you the experience 
> of a
> decent present.

I agree and Denote is a great choice providing quite a high level 
of
security future-wise. :-)

> P.S. I am phasing out SourceHut: 
> <https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-01-27-sourcehut-no-more/>.
> Development continues on GitHub with GitLab as a mirror.

This mailing list is still valid place for denote-related 
discussion?


Sincerely,
Saša

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> From: Saša Janiška <sjaniska@atmarama.net>
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:41:11 +0100

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>> P.S. I am phasing out SourceHut: 
>> <https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-01-27-sourcehut-no-more/>.
>> Development continues on GitHub with GitLab as a mirror.
>
> This mailing list is still valid place for denote-related 
> discussion?

No, I will delete it in the near future. Please use GitHub:
<https://github.com/protesilaos/denote>.

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