#whyplaintext — Public Fediverse posts

@FrugalGamer Ahh your blog made me smile so wide! Never have I seen a pixel font so cute. This is the kind of autonomous creativity I love.

“ I lost notes once before when switching phones because I went from one manufacturer to another, but will never suffer again now.”

High five. #WhyPlainText

Put up a short blog post today answering @ellane 's eight questions about plain text here:

www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2026/01/22/questionnaire-plain-text/

#blog #blogger #questionnaire #plaintext #plaintextlife #blogpost #whyplaintext

Put up a short blog post today answering @ellane 's eight questions about plain text here:

www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2026/01/22/questionnaire-plain-text/

#blog #blogger #questionnaire #plaintext #plaintextlife #blogpost #whyplaintext

Put up a short blog post today answering @ellane 's eight questions about plain text here:

www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2026/01/22/questionnaire-plain-text/

#blog #blogger #questionnaire #plaintext #plaintextlife #blogpost #whyplaintext

Put up a short blog post today answering @ellane 's eight questions about plain text here:

www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2026/01/22/questionnaire-plain-text/

#blog #blogger #questionnaire #plaintext #plaintextlife #blogpost #whyplaintext

Put up a short blog post today answering @ellane 's eight questions about plain text here:

www.thefrugalgamer.net/blog/2026/01/22/questionnaire-plain-text/

#blog #blogger #questionnaire #plaintext #plaintextlife #blogpost #whyplaintext

RE: https://pkm.social/@ellane/115918904430809863

The tool I couldn’t do without: Obsidian

I’ve used other markdown tools in the past for my plain text needs but this is the first tool I’ve felt very at home with.

I feel like it can handle the two extremes of just text (not even a sprinkle of markdown) all the way to “technically still a text file but you gotta squint real hard”

I use it to write long and short form content, track books I’ve read, and learn Irish with flashcards. Great stuff.

#Obsidian #WhyPlainText

@ellane here is my take on these questions https://mstempl.netlify.app/post/using-plain-text-files/

#whyplaintext

RE: https://mastodon.social/@aleemshaun/115921386408175076

Is there a plain text tool you can’t do without?

“ In theory, no. That’s the beauty of plain text. But I would be sad if I could no longer use iA Writer or Taskpaper.”

Thanks, Aleem! Great post. #PlainText #WhyPlainText

I accepted the invitation from @ellane to answer eight questions about using plain text files. You should too (if you use plain text files).

#WhyPlainText

https://aleemshaun.com/posts/qa-using-plain-text-files

Definitely. I couldn't do without #emacs and #orgmode

#WhyPlainText @ellane

This week: How would you answer these questions posed by plain text guru, Scott Nesbitt? (He no longer maintains his website, sadly.)

Question 7: Is there one tool you can't do without?

Join the fun by tagging your answers #WhyPlainText, and mention me (@ellane)

#PTPL #PlainText

https://miscellaneplans.medium.com/ptpl-192-answer-these-eight-questions-about-your-plain-text-files-3497bc4b6761 (includes blog post link)