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Subject: Re: Installing Markdown
From: Gringo Jack <gringojack () gmail ! com>
Date: 2016-02-25 17:58:02
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OK don't know how I got into this situation BUT the best I have found is
this https://cloose.github.io/CuteMarkEd/
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Sherwood Botsford <sgbotsford@gmail.com>
wrote:
> One gotcha: There are about a zillion implementations of Markdown. Be
> sure that you don't use a feature that isn't implemented in your reader's
> version.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Sherwood of Sherwood's Forests
>
> Sherwood Botsford
> Sherwood's Forests -- http://Sherwoods-Forests.com
> 780-848-2548
> 50042 Range Rd 31
> Warburg, Alberta T0C 2T0
>
>
> On 25 February 2016 at 10:45, Marios Zindilis <marios@zindilis.com> wrote:
>
>> For this use case, you don't have to install anything. For convenience,
>> you can use an online editor, like http://dillinger.io/ to help you edit
>> your document, then copy the Markdown text and paste it in a Gist.
>>
>> --
>> Marios Zindilis
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Alan Hogan <contact@alanhogan.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The thing is, if you have been asked to submit a document in markdown
>>> format, you don't need any software at all, at least not beyond your
>>> favorite text editor (or Github's website itself). Just use .md instead of
>>> .txt as the file extension. Markdown the software takes a
>>> Markdown-formatted document and outputs an HTML document. At that point,
>>> you would no longer be submitting a Markdown doc.
>>>
>>> And yes, markdown.pl is a command line tool. You are expected to invoke
>>> it from the shell.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> On Feb 25, 2016, at 6:57 AM, Erika Knollenberg via Markdown-Discuss <
>>> markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have been assigned to submit a resume for an application to a school
>>> using Markdown. They gave me this link:
>>> http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ with the following
>>> instructions: "Your resume, written in Markdown
>>> <http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/> and submitted as a GitHub
>>> Gist <https://gist.github.com/>." I've visted the link and downloaded
>>> Markdown. When it didn't have a way to "install" like typical software, I
>>> revisited the site and I downloaded Perl 5.22.00. I've also downloaded CPAN
>>> (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-MD5/MD5.pm). Now there is a little
>>> blue icon in the Markdown folder, but all it opens is a black box. It
>>> doesn't open something that should look like this (
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oba3Czjyras). I've watched a couple of
>>> tutorials on how to use it and it's fairly simple. I understand all the
>>> 'coding' I need to use. The problem is figuring out how to install the
>>> software. I'm not an IT person. I'm good at using programs, not fixing them
>>> or understanding things out-of-the-ordinary computer installations. Can
>>> someone please give me some direction (using layman's terms) to get this up
>>> and moving? Thank you very much for your help. I am using a Windows 7
>>> computer.
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marios Zindilis
>>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">OK don't know \
how I got into this situation BUT the best I have found is this <a \
href="https://cloose.github.io/CuteMarkEd/">https://cloose.github.io/CuteMarkEd/</a></div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:51 PM, \
Sherwood Botsford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sgbotsford@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">sgbotsford@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">One gotcha: There are about a zillion \
implementations of Markdown. Be sure that you don't use a feature that \
isn't implemented in your reader's version.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br \
clear="all"><div><div>Respectfully,<br><br>Sherwood of Sherwood's Forests<span \
class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Sherwood Botsford<br>Sherwood's \
Forests -- <a href="http://Sherwoods-Forests.com" \
target="_blank">http://Sherwoods-Forests.com</a><br>780-848-2548<br>50042 Range Rd \
31<br>Warburg, Alberta T0C 2T0<br><br></font></span></div></div><div><div class="h5"> \
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 February 2016 at 10:45, Marios Zindilis <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marios@zindilis.com" \
target="_blank">marios@zindilis.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">For this use case, you don't have to \
install anything. For convenience, you can use an online editor, like <a \
href="http://dillinger.io/" target="_blank">http://dillinger.io/</a> to help you edit \
your document, then copy the Markdown text and paste it in a Gist. \
<div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Marios Zindilis</div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at \
3:19 PM, Alan Hogan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:contact@alanhogan.com" \
target="_blank">contact@alanhogan.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>The thing is, if you have been asked to \
submit a document in markdown format, you don't need any software at all, at least \
not beyond your favorite text editor (or Github's website itself). Just use .md \
instead of .txt as the file extension. Markdown the software takes a \
Markdown-formatted document and outputs an HTML document. At that point, you would no \
longer be submitting a Markdown doc.</div><div><br></div><div>And yes, <a \
href="http://markdown.pl" target="_blank">markdown.pl</a> is a command line tool. You \
are expected to invoke it from the shell. <br><br>Alan</div><div><br>On Feb 25, \
2016, at 6:57 AM, Erika Knollenberg via Markdown-Discuss <<a \
href="mailto:markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net" \
target="_blank">markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net</a>> \
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div \
style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica \
Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">I have \
been assigned to submit a resume for an application to a school using Markdown. They \
gave me this link: <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/" \
target="_blank">http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/</a> with the following \
instructions: "Your resume, written in <a \
href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/" target="_blank">Markdown</a> and \
submitted as a <a href="https://gist.github.com/" target="_blank">GitHub \
Gist</a>." I've visted the link and downloaded Markdown. When it didn't \
have a way to "install" like typical software, I revisited the site and I \
downloaded Perl 5.22.00. I've also downloaded CPAN (<a \
href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-MD5/MD5.pm" \
target="_blank">http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-MD5/MD5.pm</a>). Now there is a \
little blue icon in the Markdown folder, but all it opens is a black box. It \
doesn't open something that should look like this (<a \
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oba3Czjyras" \
target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oba3Czjyras</a>). I've watched a \
couple of tutorials on how to use it and it's fairly simple. I understand all the \
'coding' I need to use. The problem is figuring out how to install the \
software. I'm not an IT person. I'm good at using programs, not fixing them \
or understanding things out-of-the-ordinary computer installations. Can someone \
please give me some direction (using layman's terms) to get this up and moving? \
Thank you very much for your help. I am using a Windows 7 \
computer.<br><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote \
type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Markdown-Discuss \
mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net" \
target="_blank">Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net</a></span><br><span><a \
href="https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss" \
target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss</a></span \
><br></div></blockquote></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> \
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target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss</a><br> \
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span><font \
color="#888888">-- <br><div>Marios Zindilis<br></div> </font></span></div>
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target="_blank">https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss</a><br> \
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