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The Ultimate guide to getting started with AsciiDoc

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Interested in trying AsciiDoc, that flexible and standardised alternative to markdown for documentation, technical content, presentations, and more?

In this video, I cover the syntax you need to know to get you started with the markup language, using a new macOS and iOS editing tool called adoc studio.

Looking for a blog version of this content? You can find that and more about adoc studio here:

https://go.chrischinchilla.com/adoc

00:00 Intro
00:25 What is AsciiDoc?
01:46 Headings
02:16 Basic formatting
03:03 Lists
04:59 Links
06:03 Images
07:25 Tables
08:31 Including other files
09:10 Attributes and variables
10:35 Logic
11:00 Menu items
11:51 Predefined attributes
12:44 Equations and formulas
13:31 Code
14:59 Buttons
15:09 Admonitions
16:24 Summary

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Published: 30 April 2025