I've narrowed it down! The issue isn't the characters but that they're technically "part" of the word. How do I replace PART of a word? Thanks! On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 12:52:05 a.m. UTC+1 - wrote: > Barring that, can't I use something like "> = string.gsub("Hello banana", > "banana", "Lua user")", if so how would I do that? I got that example from > http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial > > On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 12:51:09 a.m. UTC+1 - wrote: > >> I just tried that, thanks! That works :) But this doesn't appear to work >> for characters, like "==" which was the original goal. Am I missing some >> sort of escape characters? >> >> On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 12:49:46 a.m. UTC+1 denis...-NSENcxR/0n0@public.gmane.org >> wrote: >> >>> You are matching against the whole paragraph (para). So, when the first >>> element in your paragraph matches your search string, you'll replace the >>> whole paragraph with the return value of your function. (Which is a block >>> element, not an inline element.) >>> >>> Use the example from here instead: >>> https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html#macro-substitution >>> ________________________________________ >>> Von: pandoc-...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org im >>> Auftrag von paulschi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2022 00:32:23 >>> An: pandoc-discuss >>> Betreff: Re: How do I replace a string in all text that pandoc converts, >>> i.e. how do I do this with a filter? >>> >>> YES! that works! But can you tell me why it replaces the whole line? >>> Can't I do this in running text? >>> Thanks! >>> return { >>> { >>> Para = function (elem) >>> if elem.content[1].text == "{{helloworld}}" then >>> return pandoc.RawBlock('latex','abc') >>> else >>> return elem >>> end >>> end, >>> } >>> } >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 12:09:13 a.m. UTC+1 denis...-NSENcxR/0n0@public.gmane.org >>> wrote: >>> Just your example filter: >>> >>> ```lua >>> return { >>> { >>> Para = function (elem) >>> if elem.content[1].text == "{{helloworld}}" then >>> return pandoc.RawBlock('html','
abc
') >>> else >>> return elem >>> end >>> end, >>> } >>> } >>> ``` >>> >>> The problematic line is this: return >>> pandoc.RawBlock('html','
abc
') >>> This adds a raw block that will only come in to effect when your output >>> format is html. >>> >>> If your target ist latex, you’ll need something like this: return >>> pandoc.RawBlock('latex','\\whatever{abc}') >>> >>> ```cmd >>> pandoc test.md -L filter.lua -t latex >>> asf >>> >>> \whatever{abc} >>> >>> asf >>> ``` >>> >>> >>> Von: pandoc-...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Im >>> Auftrag von paulschi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2022 00:04 >>> An: pandoc-discuss >>> Betreff: Re: How do I replace a string in all text that pandoc converts, >>> i.e. how do I do this with a filter? >>> >>> No, my intended output is a PDF file. Does that change anything? Could >>> you tell me what exactly you put in filter.lua? >>> Thanks! >>> >>> On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 11:56:39 p.m. UTC+1 denis...-NSENcxR/0n0@public.gmane.org >>> wrote: >>> What exactly are you doing? Your output format is html? I’ve just tested >>> this and it seems to work. >>> >>> ```cmd >>> C:\Users\denis\Downloads\filter>cat test.md >>> asf >>> >>> {{helloworld}} >>> >>> asf >>> C:\Users\denis\Downloads\filter>pandoc test.md >>>

asf

>>>

{{helloworld}}

>>>

asf

>>> >>> C:\Users\denis\Downloads\filter>pandoc test.md -L filter.lua >>>

asf

>>>
abc
>>>

asf

>>> ``` >>> Von: pandoc-...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Im >>> Auftrag von paulschi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>> Gesendet: Montag, 5. Dezember 2022 18:58 >>> An: pandoc-discuss >>> Betreff: Re: How do I replace a string in all text that pandoc converts, >>> i.e. how do I do this with a filter? >>> >>> I've tried this: >>> >>> return { >>> { >>> Para = function (elem) >>> if elem.content[1].text == "{{helloworld}}" then >>> return pandoc.RawBlock('html','
abc
') >>> else >>> return elem >>> end >>> end, >>> } >>> } >>> >>> but that only gets rid of {{helloworld}}, it doesn't replace it with >>> anything. Sadly this doens't work for "==", i.e. those don't disappear. >>> On Monday, December 5, 2022 at 6:49:08 p.m. UTC+1 - wrote: >>> I've been trying to replace markdown/Obsidian highlights "==" either >>> with something that LaTeX can use e.g. \hl or just delete it/replace it >>> with nothing, but I can't figure out how to do this. >>> >>> I've tried this: >>> function Str (str) >>> str.text = string.upper(str.text) >>> return str >>> end >>> >>> But I can't even figure out where I'm meant to put my own text? >>> >>> How do I rpelace == with " "? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/3ae58adb-8789-4398-8ab0-fe1e6928e292n%40googlegroups.com >>> < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/3ae58adb-8789-4398-8ab0-fe1e6928e292n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/e9cb34ca-b760-4ef6-9432-91d37f5e45c5n%40googlegroups.com >>> < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/e9cb34ca-b760-4ef6-9432-91d37f5e45c5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>> pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/7cabb17e-9a2b-4251-bd95-c5415140c9adn%40googlegroups.com >>> < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/7cabb17e-9a2b-4251-bd95-c5415140c9adn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >>> >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/6d25bb08-224d-4f01-8eba-3f1c55d19e83n%40googlegroups.com.