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@sam Yeah, I would use it,...

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@sam Yeah, I would use it,...

Submitted by Nathan DeGruchy (not verified) on August 17, 2005 - 9:23am.

@sam Yeah, I would use it, however my preferred editor(s) jEdit and VIM don’t have markdown support available (at least, as far as I know).

However, I have quickly constructed a nice HTML file.

Handy-Dandy-Note-Book

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