Gitpod: add support for asciidoc

[rdmueller]

asciidoc is a powerfull markup language like markdown - but with more features :-) https://asciidoctor.org/

It would be great if gitpod.io would also support asciidoc previews the same way as it supports them for markdown.

Is it correct that theia supports vs-code plugins? Then the solution would be to just add this plugin:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stayfool.vscode-asciidoc

[svenefftinge]

Is it correct that theia supports vs-code plugins?

Not yet, support is still in development.

[svenefftinge]

Also we should check for README.adoc files and auto open them in preview mode in the default context.

[svenefftinge]

https://github.com/theia-ide/theia-asciidoc-extension

[rdmueller]

wow. that was quick!
But I guess it will still take some time for the plugin to find its way to gitpod?
Can I help with beta-testing or something like that?

[svenefftinge]

It will go into production early next week.
You can test the extension above through:
https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/theia-ide/theia-asciidoc-extension

And running the following in the terminal:

yarn && cd browser-app/ && yarn start --hostname 0.0.0.0 ..