Markdown is a format commonly used for help or informational files. It has been commonly used for open source projects and provides a simple, intuitive way to provide readible readmes that can be easily parsed into html.
Example Markdown Syntax
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Header ====== # H1 header ## H2 header * bulleted list # list item 2 |
Mou
Mou is a great little editor for markdown editor on OSX. It presents a live preview during editing, making edits and updates easy.

UberWriter
Linux has many offering for markdown editing, but I found a beautiful markdown editor, UberWriter. Add a few repos and you are ready to go:
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# add-apt-repository ppa:w-vollprecht/ppa # apt-get update # apt-get install uberwriter |
