I think a standard may be emerging, Markdown used as a way to store outlines. It plays a similar role to the one OPML plays. I still believe OPML is the best choice for interop between outliners, and Drummer will continue to use OPML as its file format, but there is now a way to use Markdown. #
The main reason for supporting this format is interop with other products. #
It's a little awkward because the format doesn't have a name, as far as I know. It's a very small subset of Markdown. I don't think it makes sense to use the .md extension, but that's what LogSeq uses, so we will too, for now. I've been calling the format markdown/outline where I've been writing about it in docs and development notes. However this is just a name I made up. There also does not appear to be a spec. At some point I will write one if only to document what we're producing and consuming in Drummer. #
Important: Many Drummer features will only work with the OPML-based format. #
The feature is already in web Drummer in an experimental form. The code will change, this is not a final or frozen format. #
There is not yet a release of Electric Drummer with this support.#
I think a standard may be emerging, Markdown used as a way to store outlines. It plays a similar role to the one OPML plays. I still believe OPML is the best choice for interop between outliners, and Drummer will continue to use OPML as its file format, but there is now a way to use Markdown. #
The main reason for supporting this format is interop with other products. #
It's a little awkward because the format doesn't have a name, as far as I know. It's a very small subset of Markdown. I don't think it makes sense to use the .md extension, but that's what LogSeq uses, so we will too, for now. I've been calling the format markdown/outline where I've been writing about it in docs and development notes. However this is just a name I made up. There also does not appear to be a spec. At some point I will write one if only to document what we're producing and consuming in Drummer. #
Important: Many Drummer features will only work with the OPML-based format. #
The feature is already in web Drummer in an experimental form. The code will change, this is not a final or frozen format. #
There is not yet a release of Electric Drummer with this support.#