Re: Way to have markdown ==highlighting== show up as highlighting in .docx or .odt files?

[BPJ <bpj-J3H7GcXPSITLoDKTGw+V6w@public.gmane.org>]

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According to the principle that it's better to find out what you can do
with the tools you have you can use a span with a class, like `[text]{.hl}`
and use a simple filter to convert that to Obsidian's syntax when
processing with Obsidian, by choosing `markdown` as output format, or
insert the necessary LaTeX markup when producing PDF (or arrange for the
necessary CSS to be loaded if producing PDF via HTML.)

``````lua
local eq_hl = pandoc.RawInline('markdown', '==')

local highlight = {
  markdown = { start = eq_hl, stop = eq_hl },
  latex = {
    start = pandoc.RawInline('latex', '\\colorbox[named]{yellow}{'),
    stop = pandoc.RawInline('latex', '}'),
  },
}

local hl = highlight[FORMAT]

function Span (s)
  if s.classes:includes('hl') then
    if hl then
      rv = s.content
      rv:insert(1, hl.start)
      rv:insert(hl.stop)
      return rv
    end
  end
  return nil
end
``````

I'm not sure that the default LaTeX template always loads the xcolor
package. You may need a modifier template.

I can imagine you lose some in-editor preview, but you get reasonable
output.

HTH,

/bpj

Den ons 22 juni 2022 16:11Emiliano <gattulli.emiliano-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> skrev:

> Well, if you export in PDF through Obsidian the highlighted text is
> rendered correctly but not if you use Pandoc. I do not export in PDF
> through Obsidian because then I would be bound to the style of the active
> theme, namely, I would see the PDF file with a black background (I use the
> Dark Mode), font size, spacing, margins, etc. of Obsidian's active theme.
>
> Il giorno martedì 21 giugno 2022 alle 18:44:42 UTC+2 paulschi...@gmail.com
> ha scritto:
>
>> Good question! Thanks for reminding me of this. But exporting to PDF in
>> Obsidian with highlights should work automatically, no?
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 3:21:03 p.m. UTC+2 Emiliano wrote:
>>
>>> Any news about this feature for Pandoc? I use a lot the highlight syntax
>>> ('== ==') in Obsidian and it would be great if I could render my
>>> highlighted text in PDF (also in DOCX and ODT).
>>>
>>> Il giorno domenica 2 gennaio 2022 alle 17:52:44 UTC+1 Alx Nbl ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> My use case is different from paulschi, in my case i am trying to
>>>> convert docx into markdown and generating '== ==' syntax when there is
>>>> higlighted text in the docx file.
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 3:09:42 PM UTC+1 Alx Nbl wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all. The '== ==' syntax is also used by Joplin app. I would also be
>>>>> very interested by such a feature.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 6:29:51 PM UTC+1 John MacFarlane
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On CriticMarkup, see
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2873
>>>>>> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/5430
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joseph Reagle <josep...-T1oY19WcHSwdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > BTW: If CommonMark or pandoc were to support highlight, I would
>>>>>> then wonder why not support all of CriticMarkup, which supports highlight
>>>>>> as `{== ==}` or `{>> <<}`. (It's a shame that we have two different
>>>>>> syntaxes emerging for highlight.)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On 21-12-09 11:10, John MacFarlane wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> If this is a syntax that is becoming common, we could consider
>>>>>> >> adding a markdown extension for it. You could open an issue on
>>>>>> >> our issue tracker.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Joseph Reagle <josep...-T1oY19WcHSwdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>> This is the first time I've encountered [this syntax][1] and it
>>>>>> is not natively supported by pandoc. Or am I wrong and you are saying
>>>>>> pandoc handles it when using the latex/PDF writer? (Or, are you saying
>>>>>> Obsidian can export to PDF, but not Word?)
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> I see there's been some discussion on the [CommonMark forum][2],
>>>>>> but it doesn't look like you'd find an immediate solution.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Using a filter or hacking something that converts `==foo==` to
>>>>>> [foo]{.highlight} that is properly rendered in Word might be options.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> [1]: https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#highlight
>>>>>> >>> [2]:
>>>>>> https://talk.commonmark.org/t/highlighting-text-with-the-mark-element/840
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> On 21-12-09 08:29, Paul wrote:
>>>>>> >>>> I use a lot of highlighting in my markdown editor Obsidian, but
>>>>>> I was wondering if there's a way to have that highlighting show up in the
>>>>>> Word or Libreoffice Writer files?
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> Bold and italics work fine, as far as I can tell, and when
>>>>>> converting to a pdf the highlighting transfers great. I gather, however,
>>>>>> that the ==highlighting== is not standard in all markdown so is that the
>>>>>> issue?
>>>>>> >>>
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