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I like Markdown and use it at work, but I think Asciidoc is a better markup language because it is more consistent and has support for more things than Markdown
by innocentoldguy 4y ago
I like Markdown and use it at work, but I think Asciidoc is a better markup language because it is more consistent and has support for more things than Markdown does (e.g., better table support, callouts, tips, etc.).
I currently use 11ty with the Asciidoc plugin for building websites. This setup is nice because I only have to fiddle with HTML and CSS during the design phase. Once that's done, nearly all my website maintenance is done in Asciidoc. Easy!
I don't think I'd want to directly write an entire website in either Markdown or Asciidoc. I think, eventually, doing so would result in these markup languages becoming as cluttered and weird as the HTML/DOM/JavaScript/CSS mess is now.
I think a better step to improving HTML and CSS would be to have the browsers support Slim (https://github.com/deepin-community/ruby-slim https://github.com/deepin-community/ruby-slim) and Sass out of the box instead. That would make my design phase less wordy and redundant while keeping my Asciidoc experience nice and tidy.