File Extension Consensus

Brett 476429 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 6 18:59:02 EDT 2010


Here are the results from the limited data set provided. It looks like 'markdown' is the winner followed by 'mdown'. Third place is a tie between 'text' and 'md'.

If usage sets a standard, then 'markdown' is the standard.


Used by Multiple Sources
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* markdown - BBEdit, Elements, GitHub, Gruber <http://tinyurl.com/25bzct8>, TextMate
* mdown - Elements, GitHub, TextMate
* text - BBEdit, Gruber <http://tinyurl.com/2abbfjh>
* md - Elements, GitHub


Used by One Source
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* mark - BBEdit
* mdwn - Elements
* mkd - GitHub
* mkdn - GitHub


Suggested
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* mdtext
* mdtxt
* mtext



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