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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Asciidoc -> docbook -> PDF tooling
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 09:57, Eric Streit <eric@yojik.eu> wrote: > > hi > > yes, it was the idea. > > https://karinavarela.me/2020/05/06/converting-asciidoc-to-markdown/ This looses a lot as Markdown does not include a number of features of asciidoc (like admonitions). > Taking a look at it, there is also asciidoctorPDF (number different versions) to get a pdf directly from asciidoc. > > https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf > > https://awesomeopensource.com/projects/asciidoc/asciidoctor-converter?mode= This is the first tool I tried, it is missing a lot of formatting capabilities that FOP and Latex have, but with FOP appearing to be all but abandoned (and me having some problems with it), Iâm looking at a replacement for it. So maybe the question I should have asked is: Is a docbook->html->pdf toolchain recommended over a docbook->latex->pdf toolchain? Is there some tooling that is definitely recommended over others for either of those chains? > Eric > > > Le 09/11/2021 Ã 13:18, Randall Wood a Ãcrit : >>> On Nov 9, 2021, at 07:08, Eric Streit <eric@yojik.eu> wrote: >>> >>> hi, >>> >>> did you try "pandoc" ? >> Pandoc canât read asciidoc, so I rejected that tool. Are you suggesting I should manually chain a AsciiDoc -> docbook process with Pandoc for docbook -> PDF? >>> Eric >>> >>> Le 09/11/2021 Ã 13:01, Randall Wood a Ãcrit : >>>> I am working on an AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> PDF toolchain for an open source project (so all tooling must be freely available) because the direct AsciiDoc -> PDF toolchain is inadequate for our purposes. >>>> I currently have a java/maven-based AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> FOP -> PDF chain within the docbkx-maven-plugin, but would like any suggestions that appear to be better maintained and are cross platform. >>>> Randall Wood >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-help@lists.oasis-open.org
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