Re: [O] Converting AsciiDoc to org-mode, preserving index entries

[Diego Zamboni]

Hi John,

Thanks - it would be indeed a one-time conversion. I may end up going this route, but I thought there should be a proper way of doing it :)

Best,

--Diego

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:25 AM, John Kitchin <address@hidden> wrote:

If it is a one-time conversion, it might be worthwhile just replacing the index terms with something temporary, getting to the org-file, and then putting them back in the right way. For example, you could replace each term with a uuid, and keep a list that maps the uuid to the term. Then the uuid would pass through the pandoc untouched, and afterwards, go back through and replace the uuid with the #+INDEX entries.

I don't know if that is worth the effort, but it might get you a faster org-doc than bug reporting :)

John

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On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Diego Zamboni <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I have a large document (a book) written in AsciiDoc, and I’ve been thinking of converting it to org-mode, which I find eminently more readable. The method I’ve come up with is:

1. AsciiDoc -> Docbook using asciidoc or asciidoctor

2. Docbook -> org using pandoc

The conversion seems to work well, except for one thing: I have index terms in my AsciiDoc files using the ‘((( … )))’ syntax (http://asciidoctor.org/docs/user-manual/#index-terms). Step 1 converts them correctly into <indexterm> tags, but pandoc inserts them as part of the main text instead of producing‘#+INDEX entries.

Before I go report the bug to Pandoc, I was wondering if anyone has tried this and maybe come up with some other way of doing the conversion.

Thanks!

—Diego