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 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 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 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? >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> -- >>>>>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>> Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>>>>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>>>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/9995ee8a-295e-1836-5645-9bb5ff76445d%40reagle.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. >>>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>>>>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/9d89679a-94dc-2459-822f-93dbe4cbca57%40reagle.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pandoc-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/ba18ff15-897d-4a7f-bbd4-3735da206f1dn%40googlegroups.com > > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. 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