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.

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