Le 28/08/2014 10:00, Dan Allen a écrit :
I'm chiming in just to let you know that I'm listening. There's still
much to learn, especially from authors. I listen and learn as much as
I talk about AsciiDoc :)
Thank you Dan for this interesting post, it deserves more feedback.
Asciidoctor producing docbook is an excellent fact I did not know.
I reply to only one point for now.
Gour wrote:
In the past I used LyX/LaTeX for quality typesetting, but now I
believe
I could simply use Asciidoc --> PDF when then desired quality does not
have to be top-notch and use your toolchain when I want to do fine
tuning of latex file.
Another option here is just print to PDF in the browser (e.g., Chrome
or Firefox). The default Asciidoctor stylesheet includes CSS that
makes the printed document look very professional. (Note that the
default Asciidoctor stylesheet can be used with AsciiDoc Python as
well). Many companies, including Red Hat, are abandoning the DocBook
toolchain in favor of "printing" the document PDF using WebKit (via
wkhtmltopdf or phantomjs). It's worth considering, especially for
quick stuff.
I just must tell : at the beginning I printed from the browser because I
did not make a custom style sheet, default DbLatex toolchain has trouble
with diacritics and both docbook toolchains were too "dry" (formal).
While printing from the browser works on very simple documents, this is
awful in many cases.
* Manual operation needed: open, save, choose output dir/file, etc.
* Furthermote (in Firefox at least) you must hand tune the options every
time (headers/footers) because settings are not remembered.
* Tables, pictures not centered or clipped on the right. This might be
firefox fault but anyway.
* Cannot include vector graphics (diagrams from graphviz is my main use
case), only pixelized variants with lower quality and heavier weight.
Both Docbook toolchains solve these issues. You have source
documentation and get a reproducible final document ready to ship, no
manual operations, no mistake possible.
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Stéphane Gourichon 06 03 34 84 21
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