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Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

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Again reimplementing Emacs Org mode. Nice work! This looks terrific, but honestly Markdown is a document markup language. Org mode, while superficially similar in scope, is actually a data storage and exchange format. The data manipulation and querying built around Org mode are unlikely to be replicated in Markdown.

I really want to like Org mode, but I just can't. The syntax feels too out of place. With markdown it's just a few extra symbols, but using Org mode feels like writing LaTeX in a way.

Same thing with MediaWiki - I love the wiki system but WikiText is just so bad.

Re: Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

#102
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Note that Mermaid also supports timelines (if it is new enough): https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/timeline.html Mermaid is supported by gitlab/github and other markdown editors (within code blocks).

i was using mermaid for this for years, but markwhen just seems/feels instantly easier.
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