Re: Markdown, tables and CSV

[BP Jonsson <bpjonsson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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$thusly would probably be a class .csv and recognition of a class .code for
when you want the code block to be left as an actual code block.

/bpj

fredag 20 maj 2016 skrev John Gabriele <jgabriele-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org>:

> John, this may be something that could stand to be in the faq:
>
> ----------------------
> Q. Can I write csv content in my input file and have Pandoc render it as
> a table?
>
> A. Pandoc doesn't support this directly, but you *can* put your csv data
> into a delimited code block, mark the block $thusly, then use then use a
> filter to process these specially-marked blocks. For example, {snip}.
>
> A nice benefit of this is that it will degrade gracefully if the
> document is then processed without using the filter.
>
> There may be other options available on the [Pandoc Extras page],
> including ... {snip preprocessors, scripts, ...?}
> ----------------------
>
> Not sure about what "$thusly" would be though. Also have not used Pandoc
> filters before.
>
> -- John
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016, at 02:36 PM, John MACFARLANE wrote:
> > +++ Martin Fenner [May 20 16 12:38 ]:
> > >   I would rather use Pandoc with a CSV reader, but my Haskell isn't
> good
> > >   enough to write one.
> >
> > This would be a pretty easy project for someone trying to
> > learn Haskell; maybe someone on the list wants to try it?
> > The cassava library works well for csv parsing.
> >
> > >   For the second use case I see a clear advantage of CSV over the
> various
> > >   attempts to format tables in markdown (simple_tables,
> multiline_tables,
> > >   grid_tables, pipe_tables). Everyone (and many tools) understands the
> > >   CSV format, and you can do most of the things with CSV that the other
> > >   table formats allow (multi-column formats and column alignment are a
> > >   bit trickier). This has been done before using Pandoc filters, but I
> > >   think a Pandoc "csv_tables" Pandoc extension would make this easier
> for
> > >   the casual user. Using the grid_tables example from the Pandoc
> > >   documentation, this could look like this:
> > >
> > >   : Sample csv table.
> > >   ,,,
> > >   Fruit,Price,Advantages
> > >   Bananas,$1.34,- built-in wrapper\n- bright color
> > >   Oranges,$2.10, - cures scurvy\n- tasty
> > >   ,,,
> >
> > I think that using a filter that processes specially marked
> > code blocks is a better way to go than introducing yet
> > another delimited block type.
> >
> > For one thing, this will degrade much more gracefully when
> > you render it with a standard markdown renderer.
> > (The CSV will show up as code rather than garbage.)
> >
> > One could think about integrating the filter into pandoc
> > itself, as an option, but the code and syntax would not
> > have to be different, I think.
> >
> >
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