Org-Mode Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text (2018)
Org-mode syntax is no better than that of AsciiDoc, or arguably Markdown.But I can assign keywords and unique id to sections, include sections from another file, generate indexes and sitemaps in fully customizable manners, incorporate other programming environments. What markup languages can do that?Org-Mode syntax is an interface to a powerful writing/authoring environment. To dismiss it as a `markup language' is not a good way to advocate its adoption. Something similar can be said to ways people appreciate the power of Emacs.