<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#3333ff">WOW! The syntax looks very similar to wordperfect on DOS, which was crushed by windows 3.1 and MS wordpad and MS office.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#3333ff">I remember when the best way to create documents 25+ years ago was Tex and LaTex. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#3333ff">It seems like we are coming to a full circle here. I will def try to attend this Months meet. It has been too long since I came to CALUG.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span> </div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">-GG</span></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Bryan Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org" target="_blank">b.j.smith@ieee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Two big thumbs up for AsciiDoc[tor]. It's the easiest way to do<br>
DocBook XML, without having to do XML markup type tagging. I.e., if<br>
you've done basic Wiki markup, it's cake. It then virtually<br>
translates 1->1 to DocBook XML.<br>
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But AsciiDoc can also directly publish as well. I have simple<br>
stylesheet I use for both the HTML ("Article") and Slidy<br>
("Slideshow").<br>
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For anything more advanced, again, I translate AsciiDoc to DocBook<br>
XML, and then use the wealth of toolchains out there for it. E.g.,<br>
Fedora/Red Hat Publican. A lot of people are also using it on Ubuntu<br>
for formal, multi-publication (HTML, PDF, ePub, Mobi, etc...) out<br>
there too. [1]<br>
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-- bjs<br>
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[1] <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/publican" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/publican</a><br>
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On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Berend Tober <<a href="mailto:btober@computer.org">btober@computer.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Chuck Frain wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Greetings Everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> Please join us April 13th for a presentation on Asciidoc and<br>
>> Asciidoctor. ...<br>
>><br>
>> I will be giving an introductory talk about the Asciidoc language and<br>
>> the Asciidoctor backend. The focus of the talk will be centered around<br>
>> using Asciidoc for writing technical documentation, but the concepts can<br>
>> be used for various forms of writing. I'll be going over the basic<br>
>> concepts of writing in the markup language, some syntax examples, tips,<br>
>> and pointers to help you get started. I'll also show some examples of<br>
>> existing documents.<br>
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> Sounds like a cool talk. As an FYI, FWIW, or example or whatever, any of you<br>
> that attended my Fairwinds talk (<a href="http://calug.org/meetings.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://calug.org/meetings.html</a>) at CALUG<br>
> last September saw an example of Asciidoc in action. That presentation<br>
> slideshow was prepared using Asciidoc and the Slidy<br>
> (<a href="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/slidy.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/slidy.html</a>) backend.<br>
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> -- Berend Tober<br>
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