[windup-dev] Asciidoc - lists

[Pete Muir]

I took a look at this, and it looks like a problem with the github css for the output. I think you could file a bug with them about it.

I guess a good question here is whether the wiki is just for editing, OR if it’s actually how we will present this stuff?

On 9 Sep 2014, at 12:45, Sande Gilda <sgilda at redhat.com> wrote:

> One of Ondra's complaints is the way lists seem to display an extra paragraph between the items.  Take a look at the home page here: https://github.com/windup/windup/wiki
> 
> Note that the list items are spaced far apart. I search for a solution, and the only thing I could find was mention of using [options="compact"], but it didn't seem to work.
> 
> Ondra, what other issues did you have. 
> 
> 
> On 09/09/2014 06:39 AM, Pete Muir wrote:
>> The big advantages of asciidoc are:
>> 
>> * more comprehensive markup (e.g. tables, definition lists are supported as standard)
>> * generation of pdf and epub is part of the standard toolchain
>> 
>> Markdown is great for short docs, but I quickly ran in to the limitations when building more complex documents.
>> 
>> GitHub’s support for asciidoc wasn’t great to start with, but I think the fixed it more recently. Before you abandon it, point me at the problems, I can take a quick look.
>> 
>> I prefer asciidoc links as you just do link:
>> http://redhat.com
>> [Red Hat’s website]. I find this much easier to remember than the weird []() syntax in markdown.
>> 
>> On 9 Sep 2014, at 01:23, Sande Gilda 
>> <sgilda at redhat.com>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I'll change everything back to Markdown later this week. Ondra, in the 
>>> meantime, you can work in Markdown.
>>> 
>>> On 09/08/2014 08:12 PM, Brad Davis wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I personally leveraged Markdown because it worked.  Asciidoc a while ago did not.  I noticed when things moved to Asciidoc, the images in the docs broke.
>>>> 
>>>> Brad Davis
>>>> Red Hat Consulting
>>>> Email: 
>>>> bdavis at redhat.com | c: 980.226.7865 | http://www.redhat.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ondrej Zizka" 
>>>> <ozizka at redhat.com>
>>>> 
>>>> To: "Sande Gilda" 
>>>> <sgilda at redhat.com>, "Windup-dev List" <windup-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>>>> 
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 7:58:20 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [windup-dev] Asciidoc - lists
>>>> 
>>>> For the record: I don't strongly prefer either, only that I only touched
>>>> few things in AsciiDoc, and:
>>>>   1) certain constructs are quite less readable -> editable in the
>>>> source text (e.g. links)
>>>>   2) the render results are not satisfactory - things like a bold text
>>>> in a lists are not properly implemented on whatever GitHub uses.
>>>> 
>>>> Ondra
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 9.9.2014 01:17, Sande Gilda wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ondra asked me about the advantages of AsciiDoc over Markdown. I
>>>>> really don't know, but I do remember Pete saying AsciiDoc would be
>>>>> better for the quickstart README files long ago. And I believe Drupal,
>>>>> the new host for documentation, supports AsciiDoc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> TBH, I don't feel strongly about sticking with AsciiDoc. If no one can
>>>>> come up with a good reason for sticking with it, I'm fine with going
>>>>> back to Markdown if it's easier for everyone.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, AsciiDoc advocates, please speak up now.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Sande
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 09/08/2014 06:29 PM, Sande Gilda wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Ondra,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You're asking me? ;-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm totally new to asciidoc. I'll research it and see what I can find
>>>>>> out.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Sande
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 09/08/2014 06:13 PM, Ondrej Zizka wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Sande,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> is there any way to prevent asciidoc put <p> to each <li>? Makes the
>>>>>>> list tall and breaks the whole page layout.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Ondra
>>>>>>> 
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