On 3/4/13 2:33 PM, Jaap Keuter wrote: > On 03/04/2013 08:45 PM, Gerald Combs wrote: >> Would anyone object to using a lighter-weight markup language for the >> release notes such as Markdown or reStructuredText? > > I myself have been looking into AsciiDoc, for use with the Users and > Developers > Guide. It seems to me that the two projects you mentioned are a bit stale? > AsciiDoc seems more capable of being used throughout as Wireshark's > documentation format, maybe.
Markdown and reStructuredText are used in a wide variety if places, e.g. GitHub, Stack Exchange, Python (documentation), and our Q&A site. The specifications themselves are a different story. Markdown in particular has fragmented a bit, which has caused a bit of concern: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/10/the-future-of-markdown.html ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
