Hi Bastien,

Thanks, that's a bit more like what I'm looking for.

However, when I try to compile in Powershell using `pandoc -L build.lua` I
get no output and the command prompt just kind of hangs there until I press
Ctrl+C.

Pretty sure I'm doing something wrong but I'm not sure what....

Regards,

Amine

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 at 17:34, Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> I don't think that you can do this directly from a Lua interpreter. This
> is how I would build a document programmatically:
>
> ```build.lua
> function Pandoc(_)
>   return pandoc.Pandoc(
>     pandoc.Para({
>         pandoc.Str('Hello'),
>         pandoc.Space(),
>         pandoc.Emph(pandoc.Str('World')),
>         pandoc.Str('!')
>     })
>   )
> end
> ```
>
> pandoc -L build.lua <<< '' outputs `<p>Hello <em>World</em>!</p>`.
>
>
> Le Thursday 16 June 2022 à 05:28:29PM, A A a écrit :
> > Hi Bastien,
> >
> > I'm afraid that doesn't really show me how I can build a document from
> scratch
> > similar to what is done in Haskell using a `Builder`.
> >
> > I really would like to avoid learning Haskell and stick to the Lua API.
> But I'm
> > getting the impression that use of the Lua API requires understanding of
> how
> > the underlying Haskell objects interact.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Amine
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 at 17:20, A A <[1]amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     I guess a better way to phrase my question is the following:
> >
> >     Is there a way to generate a document from scratch and
> programmatically
> >     using Lua and without using Haskell?
> >
> >     There is mention [2]here of a pandoc Builder class but I don’t see
> its Lua
> >     equivalent [3]here.
> >
> >
> >
> >     ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> >     From: A A <[4]amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> >     Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 at 16:51
> >     Subject: Experimenting with pandoc module using just Lua
> >     To: <[5]pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
> >
> >
> >
> >     Dear All,
> >
> >     Is there a way to experiment with the objects pandoc module using Lua
> >     without having to write a filter/writer and go through the pandoc
> CLI? I
> >     would really like to just experiment with generating documents and
> getting
> >     familiar with the Lua API using just a Lua interpreter.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Amine
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