{"id":9031,"date":"2026-02-09T16:41:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/?p=9031"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:41:57","slug":"the-plain-text-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/archives\/2026\/02\/09\/the-plain-text-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plain Text Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Plain Text Articles Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Plain Text Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plain text. It\u2019s boring. It\u2019s unadorned. It seems so \u2026 well, so archaic. The digital equivalent of papyrus. But it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in this age of documents that support rich formatting, plain text matters. It\u2019s more than just a plain vanilla format that you\u2019re forced to use when you can\u2019t use your favourite word processor or online writing tool. It\u2019s one of the best ways to create your documents, record and track your tasks, and a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why does plain text matter? It\u2019s a ubiquitous, almost universal format. You can easily create plain text documents on any operating system and on any device. You don\u2019t need a specialized tool to do it, either. You can use software \u2014 like Gedit, TextEdit, or Notepad \u2014 that\u2019s already installed on the computer or device. In a sense, you get plain text without additional charge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plain Text Articles Project Why Plain Text Matters Plain text. It\u2019s boring. It\u2019s unadorned. It seems so \u2026 well, so archaic. The digital equivalent of papyrus. But it isn\u2019t. Even in this age of documents that support rich formatting, plain text matters. It\u2019s more than just a plain vanilla format that you\u2019re forced to use … Continue reading The Plain Text Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webtech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Npw-2lF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9033,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031\/revisions\/9033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}