[1]Git and Plain Text for Writers | Irreal:

    [2]Although the article, by Seth Kenlon, is advertised as
    considering the question "Why (prose) writers should use Git," I
    think the more important takeaway is that writers should embrace
    plain text. Kenlon makes a persuasive case that authors would be
    better off trashing their word processors and using a combination of
    a text editor and Markdown.

    Kenlon's text editor of choice is Atom (although he does mention
    Emacs as an alternative), which is, I think, leaving money on the
    table. Other than the obvious but subjective judgment that Emacs is
    a better, more customizable editor, it is virtually universally
    acknowledged that [3]Magit is the best Git interface-integrated or
    not-and that Org mode markup is superior to Markdown, especially
    when its Babel interface is taken into consideration.

    Of course, those are the opinions of an Emacs partisan so others may
    disagree but it's hard to see how one can argue about Magit or Org
    mode. In any event, the important point stands: embrace plain text.
    If you do any writing at all, you should take a look at Kenlon's
    article, especially if you're still using Word or one of its evil
    offspring.

  There's more [4]here and [5]here.
    __________________________________________________________________

  My original entry is here: [6]Git and Plain Text for Writers | Irreal.
  It posted Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:38:22 +0000.
  Filed under: emacs,

References

  1. https://irreal.org/blog/?p=7966
  2. https://t.co/1qQe481zK7
  3. https://magit.vc/
  4. https://t.co/4qNCIyP5LU
  5. https://t.co/d3alOHxudI
  6. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2716

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