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Thanks for the alternate suggestions (biased as they may be).

My biggest pain point when writing doc in md is tables. They are so hard to parse in the raw text, and I constantly have to be checking the rendered output to make any edits/find my place.

Does anyone know of a good alternative to md (including Sphinx and Asciidoctor) that deals with tables better?

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I use HTML <table> in my markdown. Works great. Many already know the syntax. Supports large table cell bodies in a readable manner.

The downside is the syntax is noisy compared to your average markdown, and the tables don’t make much sense in text view.

Ah yes I hadn't really thought about that for some reason. Do you view HTML as something that should only be used where necessary in MD or just go crazy with it?

I use it when it’s needed:

1. Tables

2. Collapsable sections with <detail>

3. Color-coding with <span style=“...”> or <span class=“...”>

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