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...@gmail.com <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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