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LibreOffice is Finally Working on a Long-Requested Feature and I am Happy (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 6 months ago by cm0002@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev

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What's Happening: Work is underway to add native Markdown import support to LibreOffice Writer. This development, led in collaboration with a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) developer, aims to enable opening and editing of Markdown files (.md) using the MD4C Markdown parser.

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

In general: you don't need any specific app to use Markdown files, you can just read them in a text editor. I've come to really like these kinds of raw-readable formats - usability without special tools can be incredibly useful depending on the situation.