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Re: Things that used to be clear (was Re: Evolving Documents (nee "Living Documents") side meeting at IETF105.)

Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx> Wed, 10 July 2019 15:12 UTC

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From: Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:11:45 -0400
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Subject: Re: Things that used to be clear (was Re: Evolving Documents (nee "Living Documents") side meeting at IETF105.)
To: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, IETF Rinse Repeat <ietf@ietf.org>
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:06 AM Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:

> On Jul 10, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx> wrote:
>
> I'm guessing many more just don't contribute.
>
>
> No, I mean what do they use that makes them think what we use is hard?
>

Well, by definition, they do not use the IETF's bespoke tools.

Think about what you use in your non-IETF life.  Word, Google Docs, maybe
LaTeX, ... A lot of engineers these days have already encountered Markdown
via things like GitHub's support for it in READMEs and comments [1],
ReadTheDocs [2], or Hugo [3].

--Richard

[1] https://help.github.com/en/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax
[2]
https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/intro/getting-started-with-sphinx.html#using-markdown-with-sphinx
[3] https://gohugo.io/content-management/formats/

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