What is the AsciiDoc Plugin for IntelliJ? So, after he kept suggesting it for over 6 weeks, I decided to trial it for 4 weeks, exclusively, as my AsciiDoc editor, and see why he was so enthusiastic. However, Dan is very enthusiastic, and often very convincing. To be honest, I’d wanted to improve my VIM configuration, not to start with another tool.

He’s been strongly advocating for the AsciiDoc Plugin for IntelliJ. However, of all the suggestions which I’ve received, the one I’ve heard the most, and the one that’s been advocated for most strongly, is by AsciiDoc and Antora project lead, Dan Allen. In the search for solutions to these, often minor, shortcomings in VIM, I’ve been seeking answers and workarounds in the Antora users Gitter forum and the AsciiDoc sub-channel in the Write the Docs Slack channel. However, this isn’t a deal-breaker, as I’ve also been using (and advocating) the Asciidoctor.js Live Preview plugin for Firefox and Chrome.Īs you can see in the image below, I can write and preview, virtually, at the same time. What’s more, it has no native preview functionality. However, there are little things that it doesn’t do, or I’ve either not found a plugin, or coded up a plugin to do.įor example, have I attempted to include an image or file using an incorrect file path. I love how VIM is so lightweight, so configurable, so easy to use. I’ve used it when working with my technical documentation clients and for the books and courses which I’ve created. In this post, I share everything that I learned.įor the longest time, I’ve been using VIM to write and maintain AsciiDoc content. I’ve been reviewing the AsciiDoc plugin for IntelliJ over the last four weeks.

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