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Edgar Walthert<p>The new <a href="https://typo.social/tags/PlainText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlainText</span></a> 2 magazine by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@plain_form" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>plain_form</span></a></span> just arrived.</p><p>I think I have not been as excited about receiving a periodical since my beloved music magazines have been discontinued.</p>
Jochem Kossen<p>It also made me curious about other text editors which don't require configuration, and don't tempt users to write hundreds of lines of configuration, but still offer powerful functionality.</p><p>Any recommendations for open source, opinionated, lightweight, UTF-8 supporting editors that don't break?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>editor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plan9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plan9</span></a></p>
Jochem Kossen<p>Watched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> about the Acme editor.</p><p>It seems so inside-out from Emacs, so opinionated and so well thought-out on the other hand. Using text itself as commands / functionality, very interesting.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintext</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>editor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plan9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plan9</span></a></p>
Andrew Leland<p>Before that I was jamming with a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintext</span></a> workflow using markdown, coteditor + terminal.app (zsh) + <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandoc</span></a> after getting red-pilled by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@patric" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>patric</span></a></span>. (2/8)</p>
Álvaro R.<p>📣 <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> is coming to <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Journelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journelly</span></a> </p><p>Join the beta! <a href="https://xenodium.com/markdown-is-coming-to-journelly" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xenodium.com/markdown-is-comin</span><span class="invisible">g-to-journelly</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintext</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swift</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/swiftui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swiftui</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ios</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/journelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journelly</span></a></p>
Ellane<p>Over or under rated: Moleskine, Obsidian Sync, Markdown, Vim, Pizza? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hyde</span></a></span> 's Over Under series has another episode to check out.</p><p>Read it on my blog <a href="https://ellanew.com/2025-06-13-moleskine-obsidian-sync-markdown-vim-pizza" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ellanew.com/2025-06-13-moleski</span><span class="invisible">ne-obsidian-sync-markdown-vim-pizza</span></a><br>or Hyde's (includes his take on those 5 things) <a href="https://lazybea.rs/ovr-022/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lazybea.rs/ovr-022/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://pkm.social/tags/moleskine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moleskine</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obsidian</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/pizza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pizza</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/plainText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plainText</span></a></p>
Álvaro R.<p>I've been making some progress in bringing <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> support to <a href="https://journelly.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">journelly.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I'll soon have the first builds with <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> support available via the beta group.</p><p>Interested in joining the TestFlight beta? Reach out (details at <a href="https://journelly.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">journelly.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plaintext</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vim</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swift</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/swiftui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swiftui</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ios</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iphone</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/journelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journelly</span></a></p>
Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:<p><a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/OverUnder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OverUnder</span></a> 022 with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pkm.social/@ellane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ellane</span></a></span> !</p><p> Her opinions on:</p><p>- <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/Moleskine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moleskine</span></a><br>- <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a> Sync <br>- <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a><br>- <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/Vim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vim</span></a><br>- <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/Pizza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pizza</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/notebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notebook</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/ink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ink</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/fountainPen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fountainPen</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/Plaintext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plaintext</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pkm</span></a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notes</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/100DaysToOffload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>100DaysToOffload</span></a> : 063/100</p><p><a href="https://lazybea.rs/ovr-022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lazybea.rs/ovr-022</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>

The #Signal Clone Mike #Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

A new analysis of TM Signal's source code appears to show that the app sends users' message logs in #plaintext. At least one top #Trump administration official used the app.
#privacy #security #tmsignal

wired.com/story/tm-signal-tele

WIRED · The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User ChatsBy Lily Hay Newman

Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people
need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but
is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.

TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.

#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant

RE:
https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0

IpseityIpseityA family instance.

This week I wrote about why the open-est of open formats isn't the one for me. Turns out there are some strong opinions on the longevity/convenience spectrum! I appreciate all of them and feel grateful for respectful disagreements.

Markdown cops some flack (slang: receives some criticism) but that's not putting me off.

#Markdown #plainText #orgmode #emacs #html @feralthoughts
@publicvoit @hbowie @reichenstein

ellanew.com/ptpl/151-2025-04-0

ellanew.comPTPL 151 · Why the Openest of Open Formats Isn’t the One for Me - Ellane WIt's time to take the spotlight off which format is “best” and focus on what our notes are for, and who they're helping us to become.