Amicese@lemmy.ml to General Programming Discussion@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoShould I use a troff format for a README?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareShould I use a troff format for a README?Amicese@lemmy.ml to General Programming Discussion@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRoboHacklinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoTraditionally README files have been the plainest of plain text to facilitate their widest accessibility. Markdown does seem to provide some opportunity for optional formatting without too much ugliness when viewed as plain text.
Traditionally README files have been the plainest of plain text to facilitate their widest accessibility.
Markdown does seem to provide some opportunity for optional formatting without too much ugliness when viewed as plain text.