Re: docutils/rST vs direct html

On 26/01/14 16:31, Malik Rumi wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> This is my first post. I just joined because I was led here by the 
> instructions for getting admindocs working on django. I looked around, 
> followed some links, and think I learned a lot. But I do have a question.
>
> My question is, why is rST any better than just putting the text in a 
> text editor and marking it up with html directly? Why would you chose 
> to use rST (or any 'lightweight markup language') instead? And I ask 
> that in all serious, trying to understand, as opposed to tying to 
> cause controversy.
>
>
> Thanks for enlightening this newby.
>
>

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