Re:MDN converted to Markdown
by nerdponx on Saturday November 05, 2022 @01:36PM
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Yep, AsciiDoc implementations/tooling are a big part of why I think it has been slow to catch on. I think a standardized specification will go a long way towards addressing that. At least then implementations can target the specifications, or at least target some well-defined subset of it, and we won't be stuck with one or two monolithic legacy applications.
To be clear, I don't see AsciiDoc as a Markdown replacement. But part of what I like about it is that it's simple enough to be used in most contexts where Markdown is currently used.
I wrote my masters thesis with Markdown, Pandoc, and GPP, using Pandoc to generate a PDF via TeX. If I could use the same workflow but with AsciiDoc instead of Markdown, I would.
To be clear, I don't see AsciiDoc as a Markdown replacement. But part of what I like about it is that it's simple enough to be used in most contexts where Markdown is currently used.
I wrote my masters thesis with Markdown, Pandoc, and GPP, using Pandoc to generate a PDF via TeX. If I could use the same workflow but with AsciiDoc instead of Markdown, I would.