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         *Plain text: a file format and a frame of mind.*       |
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 *I appeal to the idea of plain text in the title of this book   
  to signal an affinity with a particular mode of computational  
  meaning making.*                                               
                                                               
 *Plain text stands in opposition to “fancy text,” that is,      
  “text representation consisting of plain text plus added       
  information.” In the tradition of American textual criticism, 
  plain text alludes to an editorial method of text transcription 
  that is both “faithful to the text of its source” and is 
  “easier to read than the original document.” Combining these 
  two traditions, I mean to build a case for a kind of a 
  systematic minimalism when it comes to our use of computers, 
  a minimalism that privileges access to source materials, 
  ensuring legibility and comprehension. I do so in contrast to 
  other available modes of human–computer interaction, which 
  instead maximize system-centric ideals such as efficiency, 
  speed, performance, or security.*                 
                                                           
                
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 a systematic minimalism(?)
 a matrix based X-Y minimalism(?)
 a rigid minimalism(?)
 an intimate minimalism(?)
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