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I really like Glow: https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

Cloud part is done right. No accounts, no emails. Just your ssh key (which you probably already have).

The problem I have with AsciiDoc (AD) and Markdown (MD) is that they are too effective (in the best way)! Follow my reasoning for a moment, please...

I was reviewing a command-line MD reader today. I think it was the nth time I've looked it over. It's called glow : https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

I always come to the same conclusion. I don't need it. I don't need to remember to use (yet) another command line program to read MD or perform a very specific (and non-vital) function.

The reason is that MD and AD are so very easy to read. They are too effective at their jobs. They aren't like HTML tags that get in the way of the text. You barely even notice MD/AD in most(?) cases. Text plus MD/AD are incredibly easy to read without a 3rd-party program "rendering" the results.

Having said that... the only time I got really excited about MD/AD was when there was a post about Textual Markdown : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34028765

It wasn't that the "rendered" text looked great (it looked beautiful, btw) but I could see 'Textual Markdown' turning into a command-line, online browser just for MD text! Think about that...

I even thought about how great it would be if the GeminiSpace folks : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)?useskin=vect... : embraced MD/AsciiDOC instead of their limited markup language.

It's exciting to think of MD/AD making themselves an alternative lightweight tagging system on the web. Exciting to think about a lightweight web in general - no tracking, adware, tons of JS, etc...

Exciting to think about a bunch of browsers growing out of this (ie; you don't need billions/yr to support MD/AD browsers) - from full-blown GUIs to, well... "Textual-Markdown".

Anyway... MD/AD would be great if it grew beyond offline use. For offline use only... you really don't need rendering. Maybe it helps a bit with really long files but otherwise...

Nice project. You can also do

    pandoc -i Readme.md | w3m -T text/html

if you need web links, etc., to work.

Or if you just want cool, colorful markdown rendering in the terminal, and some management of MD files, but without link following or other interaction, there is glow:

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

If you use glow[1] you can even format/color the markdown nicely `https://mahdi.blog/raw/raw-permalinks-for-accessibility/ | glow -`

[1]: https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

A new fave I recently discovered - render markdown in the terminal for easy reading (and proofing):

https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

I like (and use) a lot both - awless as a comfortable aws cli tool - glow as a command line markdown reader

https://github.com/wallix/awless https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow