From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-09-03T03:18:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby blog software.

Hans Fugal wrote:
> Lloyd Zusman wrote:
> 
>> I don't want to get into a "my blog is better than yours" war on this
>> list, so it probably would be best if any of you who have thoughts
>> about this would email me privately.
> 
> 
> I hope I don't come across as a heretic, and I will say up front that I 
> haven't tried any of the ruby blogs.
> 
> I looked at a few blogs and balked at the incredible effort that they 
> took to set up and configure. Then somehow I stumbled on blosxom (I 
> think the article in LinuxJournal). It is perl, yes. But from the user's 
> standpoint it is very pragmatic. Each entry is a text file in a 
> directory; you edit things with your favorite text editor. With the 
> easy-to-install Markdown plugin blogging is pure joy.

Hans, I'm disappointed in you! Perl?! ;) No, I'm kidding -- if it works 
for you, then that's all that matters. I may take a peek at blosxom 
myself, now that you mention it.

> 
> There's a lot of plugins to add all sorts of functionality but frankly 
> I'm not sure I'm convinced it would scale well to a huge feature-rich 
> blog. I don't want that, though, I wanted something simple and quick and 
> no-hassle, and blosxom was just that and also a breath of fresh air.
> 

I prefer textile to markdown, but it sounds like there may already be a 
plugin for that... I'll take a peek anyway.

Thanks, Hans!

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