Thread by @codexeditor

Effortless multilingual aliasing in Codex.

See how the English word "paper" is linked to the German word "Beitrag" & how the linked refs show all matches, in English or German.

Note also how hovering over "paper" on the right highlights all aliases in the main text.

Note also that there isn't a single bracket or piece of Markdown, yet the text is formatted & styled like an article.

This is because all markup is stored 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 the text in Codex: because what's important is the 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

And it should stay pure.

That purity isn't just stylistic: it's functional. Although it's nice to read a text without codes that's not the reason Codex uses standoff markup.

The real reason is 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴.📚

Multiplayer is all about 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 codes on a text.

Standoff gives you that.

And multiplayer is not just between other people.

It's also between 𝘺𝘰𝘶: the past you, the present you, and the future you.

When you come back in 6 months to add codes to your text, you don't want to lose what you had coded before.

Codex standoff markup is 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮.

And, finally, multiplayer is also the collaboration between person & machine.

Machine learning & natural language services are improving every day & they can add meaning to your text.

But only with standoff markup can you 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 those codes on top without losing your own.