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Re: Asciidoctor YAML style file for PDF and maven

Posted by mojavelinux on Oct 17, 2015; 8:27pm
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/Asciidoctor-YAML-style-file-for-PDF-and-maven-tp3849p3867.html

Jérémie,

I was simply documenting how I was able to demonstrate that the upgrade to Prawn 2 solves the problem of the missing background image. Obviously, for “production” usage, this means waiting on a new release of AsciidoctorJ PDF (one that includes Prawn 2). (not just AsciidoctorJ 1.6.0).

An alpha release of AsciidoctorJ 1.6.0 is coming soon (slated for before Devoxx). At the same time, we're going to split AsciidoctorJ PDF out into its own repository so that it can have independent releases (without the hoops we have to jump through right now). Once the alpha of AsciidoctorJ 1.6.0 is out, then we can make an alpha of AsciidoctorJ PDF that uses Prawn 2.

Cheers,

-Dan

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Jeremie Bresson [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Thank you a lot for the explanations.

I am sorry but I do not follow you with this workaround. I have managed to sell my team Asciidoctor with this argument: we can use it on our build servers (and on any build server), because it gets everything from maven central. This is an important point for us. For the developers locally, installation setup can be reduced to the installation of a Chrome Extension (and optionally a text editor, but this is not requested).

My vision is: I get what I can get from the current version. Everything else is marked as nice to have, "on hold" waiting for Asciidoctor issue X and/or version Y.

I am glad you helped my figuring out a way to use pdf theme with maven. This will solve some of the issues we have on our TODO list:
* running headers (eg. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION)
* aligning figures (centered)
For image cover, I mark this as "on hold", waiting on a released version of Asciidoctor 1.6.0.

I know everybody is busy… but there is really some good stuff on the preview branches of Asciidoctor. Maybe it is time to release some alpha version of those branches. I will be happy to test and document if you go in this direction.

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