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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:40:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:13 this Friday (GMT):
> On 05 Oct 2024 10:37:26 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> I'm writing for myself but I really need a version control tool. I'm
>> using git because it's good, I could use something else. But I really
>> need something.
>
> Version control works best for plain-text files. So if you are writing 
> documentation or fiction or something else that’s going to end up 
> formatted in something approaching typeset quality, it becomes difficult 
> to use a conventional WYSIWYG word processor, because they keep all their 
> data in binary formats.

I think technically, a lot of those use a renamed ZIP format.

> This is why software developers like to use plain-text formats like 
> Markdown, troff, TEX, HTML, SGML etc.


I prefer plaintext formats because you can use any editor.
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