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Why do I need Markdown?

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Why do I need a Markdown with a front edit editor like WMD? What does the markdown do to the content that’s sent from the WMD editor?
How does Markdown store the content in the backend? Is it the same way like *bold* or in some other format? Why can’t I just do an html encode?

Sorry if I sounded very naïve.

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Quintin Par Avatar asked Jan 26 '10 07:01

Quintin Par


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Eduardo Molteni Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 18:09

Eduardo Molteni