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// dumbdown

WRITE ONCE, READ ANYWHERE

Dumbdown is a formatting style designed to work without a renderer requirement. Write it in a code block, plain text file, or anywhere - it's intereadable (interpretable-readable).

/// Why Dumbdown?

Human-Readable First

Why should text required a rendering layer? Markdown, HTML, .doc, .pdf all need middleware to make it look as intended. Dumbdown? Just read/write it. No parser, no preview - you get what you see.

Write Anywhere

Code blocks, text files, comments, docs. If you can type text, you can write dumbdown. Everyone can read it.

Simple Rules

Simple syntax. Use (almost?) anywhere. No edge cases, conflicting styles or remembering when to escape characters.

Zero Dependencies

No libraries. No build steps. No converters needed to read it. Open a file and understand it instantly.

/// The Format

Nothing complicated (unlike everything else)

Document Markers

Start and end documents with +++

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// Your content here
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Headings

Two levels: // for main titles, /// for subtitles.

// This is a main title
/// This is a subtitle

Lists

Dashes for bullets, numbers for ordered. Double dash for nesting.

Unordered:

- First item
- Second item
-- Nested item
-- Another nested

Ordered:

1. First step
2. Second step
a. Sub-step
b. Another sub-step
3. Third step

Emphasis

Just use ALL CAPS. No asterisks, no underscores. Join the fight against emphasising EVERYTHING.

This is IMPORTANT and this is ALSO IMPORTANT.

Code

Backticks for inline, triple backticks for blocks.

Run the `npm install` command first.
```
function hello() {
console.log('world');
}
```

Labels & Callouts

Add context with [LABELS] or draw attention with !! and >>.

[NOTE] This only works on Linux systems
[WARNING] Database backup required before running
!! ACTION REQUIRED before deployment
>> This insight could save hours of debugging

Quotes

Natural quote marks. Works across multiple lines.

"This is a quoted section that
spans multiple lines naturally
without any special syntax."

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