In reply to Jman.

Yeah, I can see how Markdown would be beneficial in the Text version of the editor. DO you primarily use the Text editor and not the visual editor? If so, why? I don't know of any particular benefits Markdown has over the visual editor. It should be noted though that once you write posts with Markdown, you're stuck with leaving the Markdown plugin active. Or, you'll just need to edit those posts if you change your mind.