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LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
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Zerush lemmy.ml Zerush@lemmy.ml
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NONE lemmy.world NONE_dc@lemmy.world
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HELL YEAH!

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Emanuel discuss.tchncs.de muvon@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-03-08
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About time too!

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Vex_Detrause lemmy.ca Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-02-28
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I've been using markdown and I don't even know. Sounds like a great addition.

To lemmy like me. Markdown is another way of formatting text. It's like the R*ddit or lemmy way of formatting.

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Classy Hatter sopuli.xyz ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-07-15
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Hopefully it doesn't have any Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities, like Microslop's implementation had.

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jdnewmil lemmy.ca jdnewmil@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Hopefully it doesn't have any Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities, like Microslop's implementation had.

How in the world did they manage that? Did they implement it internally as a TCP API and expose it?

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Classy Hatter sopuli.xyz ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-07-15
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How in the world did they manage that? Did they implement it internally as a TCP API and expose it?

I don't know the technicalities, but Markdown supports links, and it's possible to craft a link that downloads a file and then executes it. You can look up the Notepad.exe RCE vulnerability from this year.

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jcr jlai.lu jcr@jlai.lu
Joined: 2024-12-05
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I plan to export all the company documentation to markdown for git/bazaar based version control ! It is just so exciting 🥳😁

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Big Baby Thor sopuli.xyz thorhop@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-04-10
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I don't know the technicalities, but Markdown supports links, and it's possible to craft a link that downloads a file and then executes it. You can look up the Notepad.exe RCE vulnerability from this year.

Basically Notepad would pass the link to ShellEx and could launch executables.

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mogoh lemmy.ml mogoh@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-04-12
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I really hate that every markdown engine has its own flavor and I hope for a better standardization.

There is commonmark but it is lacking features like tables. https://commonmark.org/

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warmaster lemmy.world warmaster@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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How in the world did they manage that? Did they implement it internally as a TCP API and expose it?

It was like:

Hey Copilot, add Markdown support in Word

Sure thing Satya! There you have it, I made sure not to add any vulnerabilities like you always tell me.

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Sweet. I've been a tiny enthusiast of Markdown for almost 20 years. It's just a great format.

I host a forum for a gaming community and it uses BBcode, which was... not completely terrible for the time, but ever since I used markdown, I've always hated it. heh. Markdown is just simple and easy to remember, and it's easy to use. It quickly becomes second nature.

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jol discuss.tchncs.de jol@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-10-25
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How in the world did they manage that? Did they implement it internally as a TCP API and expose it?

They probably vibe coded it, and only copilot reviewed and merged the code.

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Zerush lemmy.ml Zerush@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-04-25
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I really hate that every markdown engine has its own flavor and I hope for a better standardization. There is commonmark but it is lacking features like tables. https://commonmark.org/

Yes, it's a nice, easy and elegant system, but lacks still a lot of possibilities included in the BBcode.

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