Latex is way harder to master than markdown. While it offers also way more features, it mixes (to a certain degree) semantic information with styling information. And at least to me Latex code looks just ugly.
And have you ever tried to write complex tables with Latex? A nightmare!
The best approach to write structured documents in a non-WYSIWYG way is AsciiDoc. You get a clean separation between content with its semantics and styling and you have a all the features you need for the biggest technical or scientific books.
And have you ever tried to write complex tables with Latex? A nightmare!
The best approach to write structured documents in a non-WYSIWYG way is AsciiDoc. You get a clean separation between content with its semantics and styling and you have a all the features you need for the biggest technical or scientific books.