custom LaTeX writer example

custom LaTeX writer example

[bapt a]

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Hi,

I'm hoping to play around with custom writers, to understand a bit better 
how to turn pandoc's AST into a specific output format (for example, I'd 
like to use tabularray syntax for tables in LaTeX, and it seems "cleaner" 
to use a writer than to inject raw inline LaTeX via a filter into the AST). 
The html writer example is quite useful, but since I'm aiming for LaTeX 
output, it would be helpful to have something a little closer in syntax as 
a starting point.

I searched a bit and the closest thing I could find was a plain TeX writer 
at https://github.com/drehak/pandoc-to-markdown
but this is perhaps not as helpful for learning because most of the magic 
seems to be delegated to custom TeX macros. (A good strategy, but I 
wouldn't know (La)TeX well enough to perform some of the more complex 
processing)

I wonder if someone here has a minimal (or complete!) example of a custom 
Lua writer for LaTeX they could share?

Many thanks,

baptiste

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Re: custom LaTeX writer example

[John MacFarlane]

I'd recommend using a "new style" writer and just replacing the code that formats tables.

https://pandoc.org/custom-writers.html#new-style



> On Nov 14, 2022, at 7:30 PM, bapt a <auguieba-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm hoping to play around with custom writers, to understand a bit better how to turn pandoc's AST into a specific output format (for example, I'd like to use tabularray syntax for tables in LaTeX, and it seems "cleaner" to use a writer than to inject raw inline LaTeX via a filter into the AST). The html writer example is quite useful, but since I'm aiming for LaTeX output, it would be helpful to have something a little closer in syntax as a starting point.
> 
> I searched a bit and the closest thing I could find was a plain TeX writer at https://github.com/drehak/pandoc-to-markdown
> but this is perhaps not as helpful for learning because most of the magic seems to be delegated to custom TeX macros. (A good strategy, but I wouldn't know (La)TeX well enough to perform some of the more complex processing)
> 
> I wonder if someone here has a minimal (or complete!) example of a custom Lua writer for LaTeX they could share?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> baptiste
> 
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Re: custom LaTeX writer example

[bapt a]

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Thanks – it does seem ideal; I wasn't sure from the description if one 
could only include the targets to be replaced from an existing format, or 
if everything had to be included to be a valid writer.

I think I'll start with a simpler case, because Tables seem too advanced 
for my level of understanding.

Best,

baptiste

On Wednesday, 16 November 2022 at 08:48:07 UTC+13 fiddlosopher wrote:

> I'd recommend using a "new style" writer and just replacing the code that 
> formats tables.
>
> https://pandoc.org/custom-writers.html#new-style
>
>
>
> > On Nov 14, 2022, at 7:30 PM, bapt a <augu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm hoping to play around with custom writers, to understand a bit 
> better how to turn pandoc's AST into a specific output format (for example, 
> I'd like to use tabularray syntax for tables in LaTeX, and it seems 
> "cleaner" to use a writer than to inject raw inline LaTeX via a filter into 
> the AST). The html writer example is quite useful, but since I'm aiming for 
> LaTeX output, it would be helpful to have something a little closer in 
> syntax as a starting point.
> > 
> > I searched a bit and the closest thing I could find was a plain TeX 
> writer at https://github.com/drehak/pandoc-to-markdown
> > but this is perhaps not as helpful for learning because most of the 
> magic seems to be delegated to custom TeX macros. (A good strategy, but I 
> wouldn't know (La)TeX well enough to perform some of the more complex 
> processing)
> > 
> > I wonder if someone here has a minimal (or complete!) example of a 
> custom Lua writer for LaTeX they could share?
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> > baptiste
> > 
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