Markdown file extension

[Fletcher T. Penney]

On Oct 9, 2006, at 7:32 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:


> Le 9 oct. 2006 à 18:50, John Gruber a écrit :

>

>> If you're going to go to six characters for ".mdtext", then why

>> not go to eight characters and use ".markdown"? That's what I

>> would use.

>

> Because ".mdtext" better conveys that the document is primarily in  

> text format, it should be less intimidating to open for someone who  

> does not know what "md" or "markdown" stands for. The extension is  

> in itself an invitation to open the file in a text editor, which is  

> probably what you'd want a user to do if he found a Markdown  

> document somewhere.


I would not have thought of this, but it is a reasonable argument.

I cast my vote in the "I don't really care that much what it is, but  
would love to have a consensus" camp...



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Fletcher T. Penney
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