From: ffi.appdev-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
To: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: How do I write a standalone document with pandoc.write?
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:49:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C9A01954-B2BF-404C-860E-FA2716E2F24C@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878rm7scie.fsf-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>
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> On Sep 25, 2022, at 5:24 PM, Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
> jcr <ffi.appdev-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> How do I tell `pandoc.write` to produce a standalone Markdown
>> document (with YAML metadata)? There's no `standalone` option for
>> `pandoc.WriterOptions`. I thought setting a template might work,
>> but it doesn't: the saved file does not contain a YAML block, even
>> though the document has metadata. My attempt is below:
>>
>> ```
>> function write_markdown_file(doc, filename)
>> local options = pandoc.WriterOptions{
>> template = pandoc.template.default('markdown')
>> }
>> local data = pandoc.write(doc, 'markdown', options)
>> local file <close>, error = io.open(filename, 'w')
>> if file == fail then
>> io.stderr:write(string.format('Failed to write Markdown file: %s\
>> n', error))
>> os.exit(1)
>> end
>> file:write(data)
>> end
>> ```
>>
>> I'm using pandoc 2.19.2.
>
> The template needs to be compile for it to become usable:
>
>
> local options = pandoc.WriterOptions{
> template = pandoc.template.compile(
> pandoc.template.default('markdown')
> )
> }
>
> Pandoc's current behavior is a bit strange though. You can raise a bug
> for that if you'd like.
>
> --
> Albert Krewinkel
> GPG: 8eed e3e2 e8c5 6f18 81fe e836 388d c0b2 1f63 1124
Thank you for pointing out the problem with my code. I filed this bug, since I think an error should have been thrown for the invalid `template` value: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/8321
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