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Newbie working with plain text: best practices for formatting etc?
Matthew Chagnon | Jan 22 2008
Hey all, I've searched far and wide online and am really surprised not to find very much info on this (perhaps I'm using the wrong search terms!). After reading Bit Literacy, I decided that I wanted to starting using plain text files more at work, especially for notes. Unfortunately, years of reading 43F has enhanced my fiddly nature, and I'm more focused on trying to format my notes "correctly," or at least to have some sort of standard to stick to. Does anyone have any best practices (or web resources) for working with text on a page? Currently, I find text files difficult to read (and line breaks confusing). Any thoughts? 26 Comments
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 LaTeXSubmitted by asblom on January 22, 2008 - 9:45am.
I most often use LaTeX-syntax for plain text documents. I'm quite (or very...) used to the syntax so it doesn't disturb be to read straight from the code. I use texShop with some macros as my editing tool. And if I want a nicer document it's just to compile and it will look good. But it's a matter of taste and what you're used to. /f » POSTED IN:
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