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		tyingq on Feb 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Markdeep – plain text documents with diagrams, equ... Another alternative is Perl's "POD" format, even if you're doing something not at all Perl related. It's a fairly established common format that can be translated into text, HTML, markdown, man pages, etc.

77pt77 on Feb 18, 2020 [–]

Does it support diagrams and equations?

tyingq on Feb 18, 2020 | [–]

Sort of.

=begin HTML

=end HTML

Is pretty broadly supported for output formats that can support it.

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