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Q&A Add support for AsciiDoc syntax

I have some concerns: Complexity AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that m...

posted 9mo ago by meta user‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by trichoplax‭

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#5: Post edited by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2024-04-03T12:09:57Z (8 months ago)
Convert asterisk note to markdown footnote for ease of use
  • I have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • I have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort[^1] but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • [^1]: I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for.
#4: Post edited by user avatar Andreas witnessed the end of the world today‭ · 2024-04-02T23:01:31Z (8 months ago)
Remove fluff (no need to write out obvious statements)
  • Nice feature request! I am not the one who downvoted but I certainly have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • ### What do you think?
  • I have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
#3: Post edited by user avatar meta user‭ · 2024-02-24T02:18:13Z (9 months ago)
  • Nice feature request! I am not the one who downvotes but I certainly have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • ### What do you think?
  • Nice feature request! I am not the one who downvoted but I certainly have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • ### What do you think?
#2: Post edited by user avatar meta user‭ · 2024-02-24T02:17:51Z (9 months ago)
  • Nice feature request! But I have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • ### What do you think?
  • Nice feature request! I am not the one who downvotes but I certainly have some concerns:
  • Complexity
  • -
  • AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.
  • Worth
  • -
  • Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).
  • *(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)
  • So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?
  • Editing
  • -
  • You mentioned that
  • > I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.
  • While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.
  • This poses a problem for editing.
  • If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.
  • ### What do you think?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar meta user‭ · 2024-02-24T02:17:03Z (9 months ago) 
Nice feature request! But I have some concerns:

Complexity
-
AsciiDoc is unnecessarily complicated. From what I have seen, Codidact runs just fine on Markdown. Even much larger platform Stack Overflow doesn't seem in that much need of it, despite AsciiDoc having more features.

Worth
-
Considering the votes on this feature request, it seems that not a lot of users are interested. It seems like something that requires high effort* but gives low value in return (considering not a lot of users will use this option).

*(I'm not sure if this is just a two-minute implementation - but I think it will take time - to first add the option - then make the documentation for it in the Help Center - that too for all communities - and this isn't even taking into account the customizations some communities may have asked for)

So a question that may be considered is- Is it worth the limited developer time?

Editing
-
You mentioned that

> I would expect a per-user default configuration and a possible toggle at the bottom of posts.

While it is nice to have a per-user default configuration - think about it. This will divide all the posts into Markdown ones and AsciiDoc ones.

This poses a problem for editing.

If someone fluent with Markdown (which I think most active users are by now) wants to help and make the site better, there will be a "formatting-language" barrier that they will have to overcome if they come across a poorly written AsciiDoc post. Vice-versa for when someone fluent with AsciiDoc wants to improve a poorly written Markdown post. While I guess this barrier will not be so big, but it certainly poses an inconvenience.

### What do you think?