For scholarship

I write ancient history: many notes, sections and subsections. I usually prefer to work directly in tex files (XeLaTeX) because I can insert references without opening Bibdesk, my bibliographic tool. But I often need a simpler, less code-heavy interface, when I’m writing notes, biographical chapters, etc. Ever since I discovered Pandoc and Marked 2, I find I can still insert bibliographic notes and footnotes very easily, and I can still make a .tex file or a pdf with Pandoc. But I really appreciate Marked 2’s flexibility and legibility: I can see my notes develop pretty much as they’ll look in the final pdf. If it is simpler writing, I can stay with .txt files and Marked 2. It was easy to adapt the .css style sheet I wanted to reflect the kind of headers and subheaders I prefer. All in all, a great tool that makes life simpler (with Pandoc and Markdown syntax), and helps appreciate the creative side of writing.

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