Re: Custom lua writers and standalone documents

[William Lupton <wlupton-QSt+ys/nuMyEUIsrzH9SikB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>]

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Also, I specified --table-of-contents on the command line, but didn't see
it set in the writer's Doc() function. Should I have expected to see it?

On Sun, 4 Oct 2020, 16:54 William Lupton, <wlupton-QSt+ys/nuMyEUIsrzH9SikB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> Great. Thanks. I can do this.
>
> But can I then use a template? I didn't mention this earlier, but I tried
> setting some variables in the Doc() function (e.g. 'toc') and they didn't
> seem to be seen by the template.
>
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2020, 16:12 John MacFarlane, <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> The table of contents is generated by the HTML writer.
>> So, if you create a custom writer, you'll have to reproduce
>> this functionality in your writer.
>>
>> William Lupton <wlupton-QSt+ys/nuMyEUIsrzH9SikB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > % pandoc --version
>> > pandoc 2.9.2.1
>> >
>> > I want to generate modified HTML for headers (to be specific, I want to
>> add
>> > a link to each header, like Sphinx does), so I decided to create a
>> custom
>> > lua writer.
>> >
>> > I started with the supplied sample.lua and modified the Header()
>> function,
>> > but I find (when I run with --standalone --table-of-contents) that I
>> don't
>> > get a ToC. And when I look at the variables in the Doc() function I
>> don't
>> > see 'toc' or 'table-of-contents'.
>> >
>> > Should I be able do this, or do I have to use my custom writer to
>> generate
>> > a fragment and then run pandoc again to process the fragment and
>> generate
>> > the ToC (I've tried this and it works)?
>> >
>> > Note: I tried to parse this comment in sample.lua Doc(), but am not
>> clear
>> > whether it's saying that I can use --template in the _same_ pandoc
>> > invocation or whether I need to use a separate invocation:
>> > * You could use the metadata table to fill variables in a custom lua
>> > template.  Or, pass `--template=...` to pandoc, and pandoc will do the
>> > template processing as usual.
>> >
>> > I can supply more detailed info on request.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > William Lupton
>> >
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