Hi Jens The short answer is no, plugins are the appropriate mechanism for adding new backends, the idea is to decouple the AsciiDoc core from backends and filters.
There was a lengthy discussion about this: https://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc/browse_thread/thread/e92a75abcc382701/20b0e787784afdbb Which was kicked off by a previous post I had made: ``At it's core asciidoc is a tool for generating HTML and DocBook output and in my opinion it already has to many backends in the distribution (my primary motivation for the recent plugins, themes and filters support). So, for now, I would like to keep ODF support bundled as an external plugin. The complexity of the ODF backend makes it a great use case for the plugin architecture.'' Cheers, Stuart On 10/10/12 07:28, Jens Getreu wrote: > 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 -> .odt > correctly 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. 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.
