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by jotaen·5y ago·view on hn ↗
Problem is (unless I’m misunderstanding you) that the entries must be unanimously distinguishable from the summary text. Consider:

    2018-03-27
    Tried to do this and that,
    but had to stop after
    30m because of a phone call.
        30m Some activity
The fourth line could not be told apart from an entry (the fifth line) without indentation or some other special character.
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That's what I'm talking about.

Now, imagine you take that block and copy it from one text file and into another.

The meaning is now completely lost.

I think that using lines as separators is a better idea.

However, it is true that it requires care and brevity when writing your item lines.