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Markdown’d, Textile’d Readmes

Any READMEs ending in @.markdown@ or @.textile@ will now be displayed using the proper filter. Take Josh’s here, for instance. Sexy. Update: We speak RDoc now, too. Use the @.rdoc@…

Chris Wanstrath

Updated on February 11, 2022

Any READMEs ending in @.markdown@ or @.textile@ will now be displayed using the proper filter. Take Josh’s here, for instance.

Sexy.

Update: We speak RDoc now, too. Use the @.rdoc@ extension.

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