Re: DocBook->AsciiDoc conversion project

Jay Patel <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:14:23 +0530
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This is something I tried long ago you can check it out

https://github.com/jaypatelani/trydocs

https://jaypatelani.github.io/trydocs/pkgsrcNEW/introduction.html



On Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 9:06=E2=80=AFAM Charlotte Koch <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> What's the current status on this proposal to convert all our DocBook
> source to AsciiDoc?
>
>         https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/convert-docs-to-asciidoc=
/
>
> In case we're still interested in doing this, I just wanted to let
> everyone know that I'm throwing my hat into the ring.
>
> I've become intimately familiar with AsciiDoc over the years, and I've
> even been making my own little publishing toolchain based on it as I
> write my novel. That's why I feel confident I can take the project on
> myself.
>
>         https://github.com/magentastripe/willorapdf
>
> I've started working on a game plan detailing how we could achieve the
> goals of the project proposal. I'll be sure share it when I'm done.
>
> For now, I just wanted to alert everyone:
>
> - it can be done
> - I can do it
> - I endorse the idea that AsciiDoc is the best choice for NetBSD's
>    htdocs
>
> What do we think?
>
> Charlotte
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>This is something I tried long ago you can check it =
out=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"htt=
ps://github.com/jaypatelani/trydocs">https://github.com/jaypatelani/trydocs=
</a></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><a href=3D"https://=
jaypatelani.github.io/trydocs/pkgsrcNEW/introduction.html">https://jaypatel=
ani.github.io/trydocs/pkgsrcNEW/introduction.html</a></div><div><br></div><=
div data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On S=
at, Jul 26, 2025, 9:06=E2=80=AFAM Charlotte Koch &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:char=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid=
;padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
What&#39;s the current status on this proposal to convert all our DocBook<b=
r>
source to AsciiDoc?<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/pro=
ject/convert-docs-to-asciidoc/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_bl=
ank">https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/convert-docs-to-asciidoc/</a>=
<br>
<br>
In case we&#39;re still interested in doing this, I just wanted to let<br>
everyone know that I&#39;m throwing my hat into the ring.<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve become intimately familiar with AsciiDoc over the years, and I&#39=
;ve<br>
even been making my own little publishing toolchain based on it as I<br>
write my novel. That&#39;s why I feel confident I can take the project on<b=
r>
myself.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/magentastripe/wil=
lorapdf" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com=
/magentastripe/willorapdf</a><br>
<br>
I&#39;ve started working on a game plan detailing how we could achieve the<=
br>
goals of the project proposal. I&#39;ll be sure share it when I&#39;m done.=
<br>
<br>
For now, I just wanted to alert everyone:<br>
<br>
- it can be done<br>
- I can do it<br>
- I endorse the idea that AsciiDoc is the best choice for NetBSD&#39;s<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0htdocs<br>
<br>
What do we think?<br>
<br>
Charlotte<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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