prose, code, and thought as file. the most linked content type in the cybergraph
source format: markdown. everything that flows as readable sequence — articles, notes, arguments, instructions, documentation, messages, poetry
rendering
every character is a GPU operation, not a DOM node. the pipeline:
markdown source → parse → glyph layout (rustybuzz) → raster (swash) → GPU glyph atlas → fragment shader
monospace or proportional. any scale. any surface. the same text file renders identically on a 4K desktop, a mobile screen, and a paper PDF
in the cybergraph
text is how humans think in the cybergraph. a neuron writes — a text file enters the graph. the text file gets a particle. other neurons link to it, affirm it, contradict it, extend it. cyberank accumulates. the text that matters rises
types of text files: research papers, blog posts, code files, chat messages, definitions, proofs in prose, wiki pages, transcripts, arguments, manifestos
properties
- human-readable without tooling — raw markdown is readable as text
- composable — text files nest inside component files
- linkable at any granularity — a sentence, a paragraph, an entire document — the CID is the handle
- diff-able — two text files can be compared. a chain of text files is version history in the graph
relation to other languages
a scientific paper is text + formula + table + pixels. the text holds the argument. the other types hold the evidence. the component holds the paper
see markdown for the source format. see component for composition. see file for the type system
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