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Date:   Thu, 6 Aug 2020 07:48:23 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: Minor RST rant
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 05:12:30PM +0200, peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 04:49:50PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> > FWIW, I *really* like how the extra markup renders in a browser, and I
> > don't think I'm the only one.
> 
> The thing is, I write code in a text editor, not a browser. When a
> header file says: read Documentation/foo I do 'gf' and that file gets
> opened in a buffer.
> 
> Needing a browser is a fail.

And that is my main problem with all the RST craze.  It optmizes for
shiny display in a browser, but copletely messed up the typical
developer flow.