Re: Isn’t there a plain text reader? Why?

[Daniel Staal <DStaal-Jdbf3xiKgS8@public.gmane.org>]

On 8/15/19 1:08 PM, Rudi C wrote:
> I want to read source code on my Kindle, and I was hoping to just use `pandoc -s -f txt *.py -o a.mobi` but it seems pandoc lacks a plain text reader?!
> 

Define plain text.  Do you just want it passed through with no changes? 
Do you want emphasis?  Do you want indents?  Do you want wrapping? 
Wrapping in some places but not others?

Pandoc reads several different formats that look like plain text.

In your case, I'd probably create a couple of files, each with just one 
line:

00000.py:
~~~{.python}

ZZZZZZ.py
~~~~

Then use `-f markdown` - that should enclose the whole thing inside a 
fenced code block and have it treat the interior as python code.

Daniel T. Staal

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