Re: Adding minimal CSS to pandoc's default HTML template

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

Looks great, IMHO! The produced layout is beautiful, and
supporting more variables is nice, too.

The only concern I have is that this could open pandora's box when
is comes to requests for CSS tweaks. But this seems like a minor
problem.


mb21 writes:

> We're looking for feedback on a pull request I made: it adds some minimal
> CSS to pandoc's default HTML template.
>
> Two things that inspired this:
>
> - questions like this one on StackOverflow:
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63293929/pandoc-change-font-family-to-sans-while-converting-from-markdown-to-html
> - I've recently updated and streamlined the CSS I use to generate simple
> HTML files (or publish to my blog), and was surprised how minimal it can
> be, while still looking pretty good (IMHO). The idea is to rely on browser
> defaults as much as possible (which are fairly consistent nowadays), so you
> don't have to override/normalize a lot.
>
> The new CSS is added by default when using the `--standalone` option,
> unless you also use the `--css` option or convert to slideshows. Inclusion
> can be disabled e.g. with `pandoc -M document-css=false`. Or customized
> (like all templates and template partials) by adding your own file to
> ~/.pandoc/templates/styles.html.
>
> There are a few variables like `mainfont`, `fontsize` etc. that you can
> set, similar to what we already have in the LaTeX template. Have a look at
> the proposed changes to the MANUAL (and to styles.html):
>
> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/pull/6601/files


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