Are they any plans to include the odt backend into the asciidoc distribution?
If not, I suggest to include the odt backend in the very near future, because - in my opinion - it covers a main use case: 1. Simple markup of short documents can also be done with one the numerous other markup languages. 2. AsciiDoc is suitable especially for longer documents with complex markup. These documents are usually rendered in HTML but also printed. 3. People who know LaTeX or DocBook do not need to rely on AsciiDoc for producing complex printed documents (Although it is fun ;). 4. AsciiDoc is mainly interesting for those who do not master LaTeX or DocBook. Those people's workflow is at the currant state: .asciidoc -> .html5 - or - .asciidoc -> .html4 -> .odt -> .pdf 5. The import filter of LibreOffice does not render .html4 -> .odtcorrectly in some (many?) cases. I have tried the .odt backend from https://github.com/dagwieers/asciidoc-odf and it compiled my documents quite stable so far, although it is not perfect yet. For example: the feature I miss the most in this backend is :data-uri: which seems not to be implemented yet. But still, I believe for most people the odt backend ease their task a lot. Btw: ReStructuredText also compiles directly into -> html, pdf, and odt. ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/asciidoc/-/OaDjX7dd8PQJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en.
