"jmuc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" <jmuc...@gmail.com> writes:

> @jgm, I would suggest this "just working" rather than having to include the
> flag. Are there issues with just guessing from the extension as with .bib?

Yes. The extension is .json, and pandoc already has an
established default treatment of this extension: pandoc's
json-serialized AST.

Gotcha. I'll use the flag then.

> Regarding the span additions I noted, these are gone now, though there are
> now some differences in the treatment of spaces and double hyphens,
> straight quotation marks, etc. that weren't there before. The spaces aren't
> a big deal for me (and are mostly in places where a space has crept in
> before punctuation - usually an issue with Italian titles in JSTOR in my
> case), though I have to admit I don't quite understand all the choices that
> are being made. The changes to punctuation marks are less desirable. For
> example, I'd like curly quotes, not straight ones, and no double hyphens.
> (Happy to make this a separate thread.)

Yes, separate thread would be good.

Done.