Kristopher Browne

org2blog vs MarsEdit

I’ll probably update this post over time as I do more work with both…

I’ve loved MarsEdit for years as the best blog editor, through generational shifts in what blogging meant and how it fit into the landscape. It is, however, a Mac only tool, which in itself isn’t bad but it doesn’t include iPad or iPhone… And it doesn’t expose it’s moving parts to be extended (I’d love to know how to make emacs the external editor for marsedit for example.)

org2blog as an extension of orgmode makes it unique, as it leverages a format and style I adore, and uses barely marked up plaintext… So I’ll be seeing if I can make Shortcuts which can take a subtree or orgmode file and post to Wordpress out of band from emacs itself.

Testing org2blog workflow

Most folks I know have suffered my evangalism for org-mode and emacs… So it should be no surprise that I’m excited to try a blogging workflow that puts together my tools of choice with Wordpress.

We’ll see how it all goes!