ODF backend for AsciiDoc

The ODF backend for AsciiDoc enables AsciiDoc users to directly convert documents from AsciiDoc to Open Document Format v1.1.

Benefits

The ODF backend provides the following benefits:

• GUI styling and formatting using LibreOffice (no more need to modify pesky XSLT)

• Saving and re-applying styles during processing (simply modify styles in LibreOffice and save them to reapply)

• Converting to various formats supported by LibreOffice (export plugins include PDF, DOC, HTML, …​)

Limitations

The current implementation is not feature complete. We are working on it and your help in testing and feedback is appreciated.

• Incomplete implementation lacks eg. table support

• Default style does not look very well

• Only outputs flat ODF file (which is supported only by recent versions of LibreOffice)

• Only document (odt) files are currently supported

We hope to address each of these limitations in the future, with your help.

Development

You can find the latest version of this AsciiDoc backend at http://github.com/dagwieers/asciidoc-odf

Any issues or feedback can be communicated using the Github web interface.

Usage

To use this backend, copy the file odt11.conf into your AsciiDoc configuration directory /etc/asciidoc/. Then use:

# asciidoc -b odt11 document.txt

This will produce the file document.odt.

Embeded Images

If you use images in your document, they can be embedded in your ODF document. To do this use the option -a data-uri on the command line or add the following option in your AsciiDoc file just below the document title:

:data-uri:

Admonitions Icon Support

If you use admonitions in your documents, please use the options -a icons -a iconsdir=/usr/share/asciidoc/images/icons to the command line or add the following options just below the document title:

:icons:
:iconsdir: /usr/share/asciidoc/images/icons