Default data dir

Default data dir

[BPJ]

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It occurred to me that it would be nice if `--data-dir` as only option and
without any argument would print the default data dir path so that one
could use `$(pandoc --data-dir)` to get there. I just wanted to probe the
waters whether others think this is utterly silly or not before opening an
issue. (I'm aware that you could define a variable in your shell rc file,
but doing so on every machine/device[^1] is a hassle.)

[^1]: Yes I can run pandoc under Termux on Android. I haven't been able to
get LaTeX to work yet, but it's good for work in progress.

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Re: Default data dir

[John MacFarlane]

You can already do

$(pandoc -v | grep "User data directory" | sed -e 's/.*: //')


BPJ <melroch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> It occurred to me that it would be nice if `--data-dir` as only option and
> without any argument would print the default data dir path so that one
> could use `$(pandoc --data-dir)` to get there. I just wanted to probe the
> waters whether others think this is utterly silly or not before opening an
> issue. (I'm aware that you could define a variable in your shell rc file,
> but doing so on every machine/device[^1] is a hassle.)
>
> [^1]: Yes I can run pandoc under Termux on Android. I haven't been able to
> get LaTeX to work yet, but it's good for work in progress.
>
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Re: Default data dir

[BPJ]

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At least that can be assigned to a variable in a more portable fashion than
a hardcoded path, but this reminds me that Pandoc.pm, the Perl wrapper
module, resorts to this kind of parsing --version output with regex to
determine the default data dir path, so a more straightforward way of
getting the path may be good for the use of wrappers.

Den ons 4 maj 2022 19:28John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> skrev:

>
> You can already do
>
> $(pandoc -v | grep "User data directory" | sed -e 's/.*: //')
>
>
> BPJ <melroch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > It occurred to me that it would be nice if `--data-dir` as only option
> and
> > without any argument would print the default data dir path so that one
> > could use `$(pandoc --data-dir)` to get there. I just wanted to probe the
> > waters whether others think this is utterly silly or not before opening
> an
> > issue. (I'm aware that you could define a variable in your shell rc file,
> > but doing so on every machine/device[^1] is a hassle.)
> >
> > [^1]: Yes I can run pandoc under Termux on Android. I haven't been able
> to
> > get LaTeX to work yet, but it's good for work in progress.
> >
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