# Should Jupyter recommend a text-based representation of the notebook?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/should-jupyter-recommend-a-text-based-representation-of-the-notebook/3273>\
**Category:** Notebook\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/should-jupyter-recommend-a-text-based-representation-of-the-notebook/3273 "2020-02-07T23:37:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/should-jupyter-recommend-a-text-based-representation-of-the-notebook/3273/26 "2020-07-02T22:39:57Z")

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Indeed - and we’re also discussing adding `:::` syntax here: [https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/issues/154](https://github.com/executablebooks/MyST-Parser/issues/154)

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