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Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by Sean1708 » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 1:18 PM UTC

ausjke wrote: post #19

how can I install this? npm install -g madoko gave me a command line but nothing more, no installation instructions are found yet. would like to try it locally.

These look like the installation instructions, but I've not tried them myself: http://madoko.org/reference.html#sec-installation-and-usage

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by mathiasrw » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 1:50 PM UTC

Madoko is, to me, an absolute win.

Markdown for smooth text writing and a beautiful default visual expression combined with ultra-precise control for CSS and pdf visuals makes it a very powerful tool.

Examples of what can be made in Madoko:

- http://monetary-reform.info

- http://1984.surge.sh

- http://kortlink.dk/uumf (PDF)

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by mathiasrw » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 2:14 PM UTC

ornel wrote: post #5

Hey, this is great. With concurrent editing/sharing I would use this to work on collective texts before translating to LaTeX for actual typesetting. Any plans to offer that in the future?

You dont need to convert to latex - you just include your latex mixed into the markdown. Example: https://github.com/mathiasrw/cointext_whitepaper/blob/master...

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

#24

Post by mathiasrw » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 2:16 PM UTC

sytelus wrote: post #7

Nice work but if I have to know LaTeX syntax, why am I not writing in LaTeX?

For actual writing, markdown gives you a way better flow.

What gives you the most fluent experience?:

    The house looked _very_ good. 

    The house looked \textit{very} good.

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by mathiasrw » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 2:17 PM UTC

hoppelhase wrote: post #18

sytelus wrote: post #7

Nice work but if I have to know LaTeX syntax, why am I not writing in LaTeX?

Because setting up an environment where you can compile LaTeX - including common packages/classes - can be difficult.

You still need to setup latex to compile to PDF fra madoko

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by michaelcampbell » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 4:33 PM UTC

mathiasrw wrote: post #24

sytelus wrote: post #7

Nice work but if I have to know LaTeX syntax, why am I not writing in LaTeX?

For actual writing, markdown gives you a way better flow. What gives you the most fluent experience?: The house looked _very_ good. The house looked \textit{very} good.

Flow, the first. Correctness, the latter.

/This/ should be italics, _this_ should be underlined.

Does it matter how fast it is if it isn't right?

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by sriram_malhar » Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 6:40 PM UTC

A video on Madoko from 2015:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/video/madoko-a-scho...

Re: Madoko – a fast markdown processor for writing professional documents

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Post by anotheryou » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 1:14 PM UTC

Sadly the example PDF is down. I wonder if it handles print stuff well. I wrote my thesis in markdown/html and bringing it to print was a pain (try to add non trivial page numbering via CSS...).