Thanks for doing this work, it looks great! Are you using any tools to automate the conversion?
Dave On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 8:29 AM Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello team, > > Here comes our first translation from ODT to AsciiDoc. > The 'Installation Guide' document [1] is translated to AsciiDoc, it > can be referred at > > https://github.com/swapnilmmane/roller/blob/master/docs/roller-install-guide.adoc > > Before committing, I would like to get it reviewed from the community. > Please feel free to comment. > > P.S. I have removed the 'OpenDS project' mention from Acknowledgments > section since now we have converted the document to AsciiDoc. > > [1] > https://github.com/apache/roller/blob/master/docs/roller-install-guide.odt > > > Best regards, > Swapnil M Mane, > www.apache.org > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 5:44 PM Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > Thank you Aditya. > > > > @Team, > > Here is the Jira to track the progress of this effort, > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-2151 > > > > > > Best regards, > > Swapnil M Mane, > > www.apache.org > > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 12:50 PM Aditya Sharma <adityasha...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > > Big +1 for AsciiDoc > > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > Aditya Sharma > > > > > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 23:36, Swapnil M Mane <swapnilmm...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > >
