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Which formats do you prefer when writing technical content?

Survey period: 2 Jan 2017 to 9 Jan 2017

Option	Votes	%
Plain text	358	29.25
HTML	242	19.77
LaTeX	73	5.96
Markdown (or any variant including APT)	151	12.34
OpenDocument Format (or RTF, Word or similar)	562	45.92
Wiki markup (any flavour)	98	8.01
XDoc, DocBook or other XML format	45	3.68
Other	79	6.45
I don't write docs or technical content. Ever.	165	13.48
Responses	1,224
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

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Re: Surprised to see PDF isn't listed OriginalGriff2-Jan-17 21:58 OriginalGriff 2-Jan-17 21:58  The survey is about formats, not tools. Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... OpenDocument format is not my prefer... Maciej Los1-Jan-17 19:30 Maciej Los 1-Jan-17 19:30  it have to be (necessity), due to customer preferences! Other Tony Foo1-Jan-17 18:10 Tony Foo 1-Jan-17 18:10  I prefer the quintessential .readme file type. Re: Other Rajesh R Subramanian2-Jan-17 10:39 Rajesh R Subramanian 2-Jan-17 10:39  That's not other, but is text. Re: Other Tony Foo2-Jan-17 11:10 Tony Foo 2-Jan-17 11:10  You can say the same about HTML. Re: Other Rajesh R Subramanian2-Jan-17 12:18 Rajesh R Subramanian 2-Jan-17 12:18  A .readme file is just a text file with a different extension. Sure, a HTML file can be opened with a text editor, but it's not exactly the same as you'd make more sense of it by viewing it with a browser. Re: Other Nish Nishant5-Jan-17 1:52 Nish Nishant 5-Jan-17 1:52  He's just clutching at straws now. Next he'll say a jpg file is just a sequential array of bytes, which it is but you know... Regards, Nish Website: www.voidnish.com Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com Re: Other Rajesh R Subramanian5-Jan-17 11:16 Rajesh R Subramanian 5-Jan-17 11:16  LOL

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