On 05/06/13 04:49, Dan Allen wrote: > Lex, > > Asciidoctor does fully support underlined section titles. > > We just don't put them in the quick reference because we believe > strongly they are a not a good choice. I've heard many people complain > that they don't like them, they are confusing (since you have to > remember the symbol to level mapping) and they are actually deterring > people from adopting AsciiDoc.
I hugely prefer single line titles, double lined have lots of problems: multi-byte character set alignment; have to remember to edit underline after editing title; have to type more. To late to take them out now though :-( I've made a note to downplay them in the manual. Cheers, Stuart > > We'll definitely continue to support them so existing documents work > fine, but we simply cannot recommended them. > > -Dan > > -- > Sent from my CyanogenMod-powered > Android device, an open platform for > carriers, developers and consumers. > > On Jun 4, 2013 4:13 AM, "Lex Trotman" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > On 4 June 2013 11:30, Dan Allen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Or here: > > http://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-quick-reference/#formatted-text > > and here (though this one does not have a specific example for > your use case): > > > http://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-writers-guide/#mild-punctuation-strong-impact > > -Dan > > > > Hi Dan, > > I had a quick look at the asciidoctor docs and I note that it is > deliberately incompatible with asciidoc. The one that caught my eye > happened to be lack of support for underlined titles. Thats fine, > its your application, but it is incompatible for a large set of > existing documents, so please be very careful about compatibility > claims and quoting asciidoctor docs on the asciidoc list so that you > don't confuse people. > > Cheers > Lex > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "asciidoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:asciidoc%[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "asciidoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
