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Someone writes the README... And WYSIWYG? Who uses those?

And how often are you even reading READMEs? For me it's usually once, when I first use a library, because it typically gives an outline of the project and/or instructions on how to install it. So I'm reading it in a browser.

Meanwhile I'm updating my own READMEs often, usually using them as a sort of to-do list and then outlining existing functionality.

Like, are you really using so many libraries as glue that reading READMEs is such a common task that you specifically want it in your IDE? Is that the current state of programming?



"reading READMEs is such a common task that you specifically want it in your IDE"

Are you being intentionally obtuse? I said that's exactly what I DON'T want.


So hide it from your project structure? It's an easy thing to do... I really don't get your issue, you're right.

.gitignore or .ignore file...


It's not part of my project. It's reference material.




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