The creator might have taken a look at wikicreole before creating something new. They have already been thru the struggle to create a simple way to text markup a doc for conversion by the wiki.
http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Creole1.0 But it is the same concept that a lot of wiki's use. Rob Schramm Senior Systems Consultant Imperium Group On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM, McKown, John < [email protected]> wrote: > It's called "Markdown". It is interesting/neat because it uses "plain > text" formatting, such as we often use in email as its source and can > reformat that into HTML or XHTML. > > http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ > > I think it is interesting because I like the idea of using text which is > readable "as is", such as in ISPF edit or browse, and being able to use > that to create HTML for web pages. I got a pointer to it from "github", > which is something else that I'm looking at the possibility of using for > something. But I'm unsure of this other use, so I'm still mulling it over > in my mind. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
