Plain Text Live

Dylan Beattie: Plain Text @ NDC Copenhagen 2022

• Introduction
  • What is Plain Text?
  • Markup adds Meaning to an otherwise boring Plain Text
  • A Compiler with Style Defintions translates Plain Text to the End Product
  • Plain Text can contain extensive Data Collections: XML and CSV
• Applications
• Publishing in Plain Text: Sphinx and MyST Markdown
  • Background: From PowerPoint to Plain Text and Sphinx
  • MyST Markdown
• Version control with Git
  • The repository is the database
  • Commits (inputs/contributions)
  • Branches
  • Technische Details