Re: Parse metadata in defaults files as Markdown?

[Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>]

Martin Post <martinpostberlin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> In a Pandoc document’s YAML metadata block, or in a Pandoc metadata file, I can do this:
>
> variable1: __content__
>
> …and it will be rendered as <strong>content</strong> for HTML.
>
> Doing this in a Pandoc DEFAULTS file:
>
> metadata:
>   variable1: __content__
>
> …will render $variable1$ as “__content__”
>
> So – is it possible to have metadata in a defaults file interpreted as Markdown?

I think the only way would be to write a Lua filter that convert strings
to Inlines.

E.g.:


    local strings2md
    strings2md = function (meta)
      for key, value in pairs(meta) do
        if pandoc.utils.type(value) == 'string' then
          -- Convert strings to Markdown
          local blocks = pandoc.read(value).blocks
          meta[key] = pandoc.utils.blocks_to_inlines(blocks)
        elseif pandoc.utils.type(value) == 'List' then
          -- Recurse on lists
          meta[key] = strings2md(value)
        end
      end

      return meta
    end

    Meta = strings2md


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