Re: Where is the data directory on Mac OS X?

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

I assume here that you don't have anything in
~/.pandoc/templates already.

To get a copy of the default template and put it in your
user data directory,

    mkdir ~/.pandoc/templates
    pandoc -D latex > ~/.pandoc/templates/default.latex

Now you can edit ~/.pandoc/templates/default.latex with any
text editor.  You can use the default OSX editor, TextEdit,
if you like.

+++ Eduardo Flores [Jul 30 15 21:18 ]:
>   5 hours and tons of searching in pandoc docs I find this... THANK YOU.
>   I'm sorry but i'm not too familiar with the terminal, how would I go
>   about changing the "default.latex" that pandoc uses to write a pdf (I'm
>   writing from R to PDF, and the knitr package relies on pandoc) and want
>   to change the layout...
>   On Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:09:29 PM UTC-6, Phil wrote:
>
>   Thank you for the reply. I had just realized that was probably going on
>   (data files built into the binary) just before I got your post. I was
>   able to get the functionality I was wanting by creating a local
>   override as you suggested.
>   For anyone else who is interested, I had to create a hidden folder
>   ".pandoc" in my home folder. I did this with the command mkdir
>   ".pandoc". I was then able to drop a reference.docx file into that
>   folder that pandoc now uses when outputting to docx. Related, a nice
>   utility app that I discovered for showing hidden files and folders in
>   the Finder is called invisibliX. I know you can also do this with
>   command line but I'm still new to the shell and enjoy a user interface
>   when I can get one :-)
>   Thanks again!
>   Phil
>   On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:55:48 PM UTC-4, fiddlosopher wrote:
>
>     Starting with 1.12, all the data files are built into the binary.
>     This makes it possible to move the binary without breaking things.
>     You can use `--print-default-data-file` to print these to stdout.
>     You can also locally override them by putting files in ~/.pandoc.
>     +++ Phi [Oct 27 13 08:58 ]:
>     > More info in case it helps someone help me out.
>     >
>     > I have pandoc 1.11.1 installed on another Mac. It has the data
>     folder
>     > stored within usr/local/share/pandoc-1.11.1/data
>     >
>     > However, on the Mac with pandoc 1.12.1, the file path ends at
>     > usr/local/share. There is no pandoc-1.12.1 folder beyond that and
>     obviously
>     > no data folder within. What confuses me is that 1.12.1 does
>     produce a
>     > styled dock output, so there must be a reference.docx data file
>     somewhere.
>     > I just can't find it.
>     >
>     > If it is relevant, the 1.11.1 instance was initially installed
>     under OS X
>     > 10.8 (but now running in 10.9). The 1.12.1 instance was installed
>     under OS
>     > X 10.9. Maybe a bug in the installer package?
>     >
>     > Any insights into this would be greatly appreciated.
>     >
>     > Phil
>     >
>     > On Saturday, October 26, 2013 10:16:20 PM UTC-4, yi lu wrote:
>     > >
>     > > I have no idea, but normally you can try to create one directory
>     instead.
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Phi <phillip...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
>     <javascript:>>wrote:
>     > >
>     > >> I'm running Pandoc 1.12.1 on Mac. I am unable to find the data
>     directory
>     > >> folder for inserting a different docx template. The --version
>     command shows
>     > >> it as being in /Users/myname/.pandoc but I do not see it there
>     even
>     > >> after showing hidden files. Anyone able to provide some
>     guidance?
>     > >>
>     > >> Thanks you.
>     > >> Phil
>     > >>
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