Hi, its good that you like Asciidoctor so much, but this is the ML for Asciidoc Python, probably better to ask at http://discuss.asciidoctor.org/
Cheers Lex On 23 May 2018 at 07:08, Fernando Basso <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been using Asciidoctor for for some years now, for taking notes, > making > summaries of programming, ideas, insights, etc. and I love it. I love the > TOC > with links, the default HTML/CSS theme, etc. Too many things I like about > Asciidoctor to list here, actually. (I am even attempting to write a vim > plugin > do some handling of todo lists more or less following the way Org-mode > works > when handling "checkboxes".) > > It so happens that I recently started using Zim Desktop Wiki. Two things I > most > like about Zim is the "searchability" and the tree structure of the files > in > the wiki as well as the table of contents for each file that happen to be > viewing/editing. Those features make Zim extremely navigable (and easily > navigable). > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-APGR1aJjROo/WwSGp1zyNJI/AAAAAAAAC4g/yukzZ70hdx8EFpMkb4YCy5ui4LBAPiNggCLcBGAs/s1600/zim-navigability.png> > > > I don't like its Dokuwiki syntax though for a few reasons that I don't > think > would matter matter here. > > And with that, came the idea of making a Zim Wiki clone using Asciidoctor > as > the underlying markup. That means files would not only be useful for this > Wiki > of mine, but would also be ready to use in external places, like README > files > in Github or Gitlab, for blogging with Jekyll and whatnot and perhaps other > things. > > One goal would be to implement the _in place_, wysiwyg style of editing > like > Zim does. > > Easier said than done :) > > For me at least, editing text in such a manner (and resorting to the > source only > on some specific cases) lessens cognitive burden during the writing. Also, > I tried > live previews, epiphany's automatic reload, etc. and although they help, > it is > a bit of a nuisance having to switch back and forth between windows or even > finding what I just wrote in source code on the split pane of Atom, for > instance. > It is still a bit burdensome to me. > > And then, why did nobody (to my knowledge) have done something like this > _in place_ editing for Asciidoctor yet? Perhaps it is next to impossible? > > If I even attempted such a thing, I would perhaps use Electron and > Asciidoctor.js. > > I don't believe I would succeed, but would like to hear some commentary > about > this. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
