# Arguments \\ in favor of \\ plain text files

## Lighter \\ files
- **Editing** \\ is faster
  - No need to use a \\ **cumbersome software**
  - **More convenient** softwares \\ to edit a plain text file
    - `any Markdown editor`
    - `any IDE : Visual Studio Code, ` \\ `Sublime Text, Atom …`
    - `Vim, Emacs`
  - Focus on **content**, \\ rather than **appearance**
- **Saving** your \\ file is faster
  - **Synchronizing** is easier
  - **Versioning** is easier
- **Storage** is more economical \\ and environmentally friendly
- **Searching** through file \\ contents is faster

## Open \\ format

- You can work on any **device**
- With any **text editor** software 
- **Collaborative** editing is easier
- **Long-term preservation** \\of your documents

## Versatile \\ format

- You can create \\ a **complex** text\\  document
  - with `Markdown`
    - converting to \\ another format is \\ easy with `Pandoc`
  - with `Latex`
- You can create a \\ **slide presentation**
  - with `Markdown`
    - `Marp`
    - `Remark`
    - `Reveal`
- You can **organize** \\ & **get things done**
  - with a simple \\ **bullet list**
  - with a specific \\ **syntax**
    - `todo.txt`
    - `org-mode`
- You can create \\ **diagrams**, **charts**
  - with `Markmap`
  - with `Graphviz`
  - with `R`
- You can create \\ a **website**
  - with a **static site** generator
    - `Jekyll`
    - `mdBook`
    - `MkDocs`