BTW, sorry for failing to read your original message properly!

Right. The auto-identifiers.lua filter is not yet in pandoc-ext, but I'll
look into adding it. Note that it doesn't remove the need to add an
identifier (it just derives the identifier from the content).

I think that auto-defined identifiers are only appropriate for terms, not
for definitions, but you could use a filter such as the one shown below to
auto-add identifiers to definitions if their terms have identifiers. Using
this input (based on Bastien's):

[Term 1]{#t1}

: Definition 1

: Definition 2

Term 2

: Definition 1

Here Term 1 has [this meaning](#t1-def2).

gives this HTML:

<dl>
<dt><span id="t1">Term 1</span></dt>
<dd>
<p><span id="t1-def1"></span>Definition 1</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<p><span id="t1-def2"></span>Definition 2</p>
</dd>
<dt>Term 2</dt>
<dd>
<p>Definition 1</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Here Term 1 has <a href="#t1-def2">this meaning</a>.</p>

The filter:

function DefinitionList(list)
    local changed = false
    for _, item in ipairs(list.content) do
        local term = item[1]
        local defs = item[2]
        if (#term > 0 and term[1].tag == 'Span' and
            #term[1].attr.identifier > 0) then
            local term_id = term[1].attr.identifier
            for i, def in ipairs(defs) do
                if #def > 0 then
                    local def_id = string.format('%s-def%s', term_id, i)
                    def[1].content:insert(
                        1, pandoc.Span({}, pandoc.Attr(def_id)))
                    changed = true
                end
            end
        end
    end
    if changed then
        return list
    end
end

On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 10:27, A A <amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hey William,
>
> I'd be interested in getting a hold of that filter you mentioned, I can
> see how it would greatly reduce the amount of bookkeeping required here.
>
> I did check in https://github.com/pandoc/lua-filters as well as the link
> you provided but couldn't find it. I could also technically make my own
> filter or post-process the resulting document using JS but if you have that
> filter on hand that would be very helpful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Amine
>
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 11:13, A A <amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Nevermind sorry. Please disregard my last reply. The anchor link works
>> fine.
>>
>> On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 at 11:05, A A <amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, thanks for that, but when I try to convert something like the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> [USA]{#usa}
>>> : United States of America
>>>
>>> The resulting HTML looks like this:
>>>
>>> <dt><span id="usa">USA</span></dt>
>>> <dd>
>>> United States of America
>>> </dd>
>>>
>>> The hash symbol gets dropped which basically makes that span useless as
>>> the target of an anchor link. I think I’m probably still doing something
>>> wrong but I’m not sure what.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 at 23:57, Bastien DUMONT bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org
>>> <http://mailto:bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Same thing, but on the definition:
>>>>
>>>> Term 1
>>>>
>>>> : Definition 1
>>>>
>>>> : [Definition 2]{#t1-def2}
>>>>
>>>> Term 2
>>>>
>>>> : Definition 1
>>>>
>>>> Here Term 1 has [this meaning](#t1-def2).
>>>>
>>>> You will not get the id on the <dd> element directly, but on a <span>
>>>> inside <dd>.
>>>>
>>>> Le Saturday 11 November 2023 à 10:57:48PM, A A a écrit :
>>>> > Thanks William, this will certainly come in handy, however I was
>>>> asking about
>>>> > linking to specific *definitions*, not *terms*, i.e. in the case
>>>> where I have
>>>> > multiple definitions for a single term, I'd like to be able to link
>>>> to only one
>>>> > of them from another definition or from the main body of my
>>>> document....
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 at 16:02, 'William Lupton' via pandoc-discuss <[1]
>>>> > pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >     You can use [2]bracketed spans to do this manually, as in:
>>>> >
>>>> >     [Term 1]{#term-1}
>>>> >     ...
>>>> >     Reference to [Term 1](#term-1).
>>>> >
>>>> >     We use an auto-identifiers.lua filter that I could probably add
>>>> to [3]
>>>> >     pandoc-ext. This will auto-derive the identifiers from the span
>>>> content.
>>>> >     This allows you to write this:
>>>> >
>>>> >     [Term 1]{}
>>>> >     ...
>>>> >     Reference to [Term 1]().
>>>> >
>>>> >     or this (the t: is used as a prefix):
>>>> >
>>>> >     [Term 1]{#t:}
>>>> >     ...
>>>> >     Reference to [Term 1](#t:).
>>>> >
>>>> >     The latter example generates this HTML.
>>>> >
>>>> >     <dt><span id="t:term-1">Term 1</span></dt>
>>>> >     ...
>>>> >     <p>Reference to <a href="#t:term-1">Term 1</a>.</p>
>>>> >
>>>> >     On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 at 12:14, A A <[4]amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >         Pandoc will convert the following markdown:
>>>> >
>>>> >         Term 1
>>>> >
>>>> >         : Definition 1
>>>> >
>>>> >         : Definition 2
>>>> >
>>>> >         Term 2
>>>> >
>>>> >         : Definition 1
>>>> >
>>>> >         To the following HTML:
>>>> >
>>>> >         <dl>
>>>> >         <dt>Term 1</dt>
>>>> >         <dd>
>>>> >         <p>Definition 1</p>
>>>> >         </dd>
>>>> >         <dd>
>>>> >         <p>Definition 2</p>
>>>> >         </dd>
>>>> >         <dt>Term 2</dt>
>>>> >         <dd>
>>>> >         <p>Definition 1</p>
>>>> >         </dd>
>>>> >         </dl>
>>>> >
>>>> >         How easy/straightforward is it to assign identifiers to
>>>> specific
>>>> >         definition items in markdown? For example such that the
>>>> resulting HTML
>>>> >         looks like the following:
>>>> >
>>>> >         <dl>
>>>> >         <dt>Term 1</dt>
>>>> >         <dd id="def-1-term-1">
>>>> >         <p>Definition 1</p>
>>>> >         </dd>
>>>> >         <dd>
>>>> >         <p>Definition 2</p>
>>>> >         </dd>
>>>> >         <dt>Term 2</dt>
>>>> >         <dd>
>>>> >         <p>Definition 1</p>
>>>> >         </dd>
>>>> >         </dl>
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