Thanks for your ideas. I had considered pandoc-crossref also but didn't 
want to introduce a new dependency without a real need. If it can be 
accomplished using a simple and small Lua filter, I would prefer this.

I also observed that the native output creates a normal string. However, 
using Pandoc's make_section function, the references are delivered as DIVs 
with a number attribute. This is easy 

On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 12:13:38 PM UTC+1 Bastien Dumont wrote:

> It seems that you can use pandoc-crossref for such case: see the manual 
> here (
> https://github.com/lierdakil/pandoc-crossref/blob/master/docs/index.md).
>
> To answer the technical part of the question, `pandoc -t native <<< 'See 
> the [Quick introduction].'` shows that "[Quick introduction]" is parsed as 
> a normal string. You can create a span instead by adding a class: [Quick 
> introduction]{.sectionref}. But even then, it will be simplier to parse its 
> content if it is limited to one string (like "Quick-introduction").
>
> Le Wednesday 22 December 2021 à 01:16:01AM, be...-GbY3e145aRm8w6eVIr4Tmg@public.gmane.org a 
> écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to make a Lua filter that will replace the normal link text 
> in
> > internal links with section numbers. I want to use internal links in my
> > markdown document like this:
> > 
> > See the [Quick introduction].
> > 
> > So, the links are given by the full title of the respective section they 
> refer
> > to. I found a recipe at stackoverflow (
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/
> > 54128461/how-to-use-latex-section-numbers-in-pandoc-cross-reference) 
> which does
> > this if the link is given like this:
> > 
> > See the [](#quick-introduction)
> > 
> > This is the Lua code:
> > 
> > local make_sections = (require 'pandoc.utils').make_sections
> > local section_numbers = {}
> > 
> > function populate_section_numbers (doc)
> > function populate (elements)
> > for _, el in pairs(elements) do
> > if el.t == 'Div' and el.attributes.number then
> > section_numbers['#' .. el.attr.identifier] = el.attributes.number
> > populate(el.content)
> > end
> > end
> > end
> > populate(make_sections(true, nil, doc.blocks)) 
> > end
> > 
> > function resolve_section_ref (link)
> > if #link.content > 0 or link.target:sub(1, 1) ~= '#' then
> > return nil
> > end
> > local section_number = pandoc.Str(section_numbers[link.target])
> > return pandoc.Link({section_number}, link.target, link.title, link.attr)
> > end
> > 
> > return {
> > {Pandoc = populate_section_numbers},
> > {Link = resolve_section_ref}
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > While I do understand what it does, I cannot find out how to change it 
> to my
> > case. How can I retrieve the part written in [] instead of the 
> attributes when
> > scanning the document for those internal links? Or is the not even 
> possible? 
> > 
> > Any idea is appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > Torsten
> > 
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