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		euroderf 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I prefer rST to Markdown rST and Asciidoc seem roughly equivalent in terms of capabilities. Are they roughly equivalent in terms of weaknesses and missing features, I wonder.

bobbylarrybobby 11 months ago [–]

I think they're about equal, although asciidoctor has bold italics, which rST does not.

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