[kwhitefoot]

We used to have word processors that exposed mark up. I wrote immense amounts of documentation in Wordstar on 8 bit machines and it was definitely more efficient than the WYSIWYG word processors that came later and faster even when the newer ones were running on much faster hardware.

Something like Wordstar would be better than MarkDown.

[esafak]

WordPerfect called it Reveal Codes.

[pseingatl]

Which was wonderful. Some (many, a few, who knows?) lawyers have stuck with WordPerfect for this reason.

[eszed]

WordPerfect 5.1 is un-surpassed. If my job was as textually-based as a lawyer's, I'd jump through any hoops necessary to keep it running.