Sure Matt, thank you for the kind note. Will surely sync up with you in case of any issue. I also played with Asciidoctor in past, indeed a great tool!
Best regards, Swapnil M Mane, www.apache.org On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:16 PM Matt Raible <m...@raibledesigns.com> wrote: > > +1 for AsciiDoc! I have a lot of experience with Asciidoctor, so let me know > if you run into issues. > > Cheers, > > Matt > > > On Aug 27, 2019, at 11:06 AM, Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > Great, thanks Dave. > > > > Thoughts travels, while drafting the mail, AsciiDoc was also in my mind. > > And AsciiDoc is also having all the advantages mentioned above. > > > > After some more exploration, I am now more inclined towards AsciiDoc. > > So, +1 for AsciiDoc. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Swapnil M Mane, > > www.apache.org > > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 8:53 PM Dave <snoopd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I think that's a great idea and the docs, or a least the screenshots, need > >> update for the new Roller 6 UI. Markdown is better for this in so many > >> ways. AsciiDoc is also a good option but I don't have a strong preference > >> on Markdown vs. AsciiDoc. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:06 AM Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello team, > >>> During my exploration for documentation, I found the documentation > >>> link [1] on Roller home page [2] under the Documentation section. > >>> I see, currently, we are storing the documents in odt format. > >>> > >>> I would like to know the thoughts of the community on moving the > >>> documentation from .odt to .md > >>> > >>> We will have the following advantage if we use md format - > >>> > >>> 1. Rendering support of md file on GitHub > >>> The GitHub nicely render the md files, so if the files in md format, > >>> it will be easily rendered on GitHub. > >>> The odt files don't have any preview on GitHub and it forces the user > >>> to download to view the content. (This is annoying for the user and > >>> developers ;-) > >>> e.g. > >>> https://github.com/apache/roller/blob/master/docs/roller-template-guide.odt > >>> > >>> 2. Easy to maintain, the md standard is widely accepted > >>> The md format is widely used and this will open up the opportunity for > >>> new collaborators to participate. > >>> > >>> Kindly let me know if I am missing any information or history or > >>> purpose for maintaining our docs in .odt format. > >>> > >>> P.S. I see we are also maintaining the pdf version of odt [3] in master > >>> branch. > >>> The conversion from md to pdf is also doable. > >>> IMO, if we move our documents to md version, the pdf conversation will > >>> be no longer required since it will be rendered on GitHub properly. > >>> (Still, if I am missing anything, please feel free to comment :-) > >>> > >>> [1] https://github.com/apache/roller/tree/roller-5.2.0/docs > >>> [2] http://roller.apache.org/ > >>> [3] https://github.com/apache/roller/tree/master/docs > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Swapnil M Mane, > >>> www.apache.org > >>> >
