That makes sense; remember, without -s (standalone) pandoc outputs fragments. I suspect what you need to do is specify -s while also specifying an HTML template that includes the doctype and head information that you want. If all you care about is the CSS, you might try specifying it with --css. On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 11:32 AM philmac-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org wrote: > The trouble with using -r html or -f html is that this strips out the > element, so I lose the formatting. > > That is, if I apply pandoc -r html -t html+smart to this: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> > > > > > > > > > > >

Font names that have more than one word — > like Trebuchet MS — need to > be surrounded by quotes, for example "Trebuchet > MS".

> > > > The outcome is just: > >

Font names that have more than one word — like > Trebuchet MS — need to be > surrounded by quotes, for example "Trebuchet > MS".

> > On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 11:26:40 AM UTC-5 tkur...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org > wrote: > >> If you don't specify an input format, pandoc assumes markdown input, and >> while markdown allows literal inclusions of HTML elements, it apparently >> doesn't allow DOCTYPE declarations, so it does not consider that to be >> HTML, and translates the angle brackets into character entities. >> >> $ echo '

Bogus

' | pandoc -t html >> <!DOCTYPE html> >>

>> Bogus >>

>> >> However, if you add "-r html" everything is fine: >> >> $ echo '

Bogus

' | pandoc -r html -t html >>

Bogus

>> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 11:19 AM phi...-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you for your assistance! Indeed, I misread the situation, though >>> the outcome is still strange. The HTML I am starting with in my clipboard >>> is a complete document with a doctype declaration. The first line is: >>> >>> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> >>> >>> Pandoc (pandoc -t html+smart) converts the angle brackets into HTML >>> entity names: >>> >>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN” “ >>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd”> >>> >>> Later on in my process, the content gets converted to RTF using >>> textutil, which removes doctype declarations but retains the line above, >>> converting the entity names back into angle brackets—which is how I got the >>> idea that Pandoc had put it there. >>> >>> I am not sure why my Pandoc command converts the angle brackets in that >>> first line—it leaves the other angle brackets in the document alone—but I >>> can just remove that line from the clipboard text before processing it with >>> Pandoc, so no problem. >>> On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:48:46 AM UTC-5 tkur...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>> wrote: >>> >>>> When standalone is not specified, pandoc typically outputs fragments >>>> rather than a complete document. This is convenient for the case where you >>>> are processing multiple fragments into one document. (This happens in HTML >>>> output but also in other output; groff -ms, ConTeXt, LaTeX.) So normal >>>> HTML output I see when I don't specify standalone does *not* include >>>> the doctype. >>>> >>>> $ echo '* Bogus' | pandoc -r rst -w html >>>>

Bogus

>>>> >>>> This is with pandoc 2.16.2, installed with homebrew. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 9:33 AM Joseph Reagle >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The doctype declaration is a standard HTML feature and declares the >>>>> version of the HTML. Pandoc, especially in `--standalone` mode includes >>>>> these at the start of an HTML document. >>>>> >>>>> I'm confused, however. You haven't specified standalone mode. (And why >>>>> would you want them removed in any case?) And the behavior you are >>>>> describing doesn't correspond to recent versions -- I'm using 2.16.2. I'm >>>>> not sure when/if pandoc last used HTML4.01 strict. >>>>> >>>>> In any case, you could create your own HTML template, without a >>>>> doctype declaration. >>>>> >>>>> https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#templates >>>>> >>>>> On 21-12-27 15:04, phi...-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org wrote: >>>>> > I am using Pandoc to convert dumb quotes to smart quotes in HTML. >>>>> The HTML is on my MacOS clipboard: >>>>> > >>>>> > pbpaste | pandoc -t html+smart | pbcopy >>>>> > >>>>> > The output begins with >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd”> >>>>> > >>>>> > and a blank line. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is it possible to turn this off? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/e8eac3cc-feb6-e3af-dc9d-d3fe0b964925%40reagle.org >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> T. Kurt Bond, tkur...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, https://tkurtbond.github.io >>>> >>> -- >>> 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/60674d49-1a0d-485d-ac2f-ae6a8283dde9n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> T. Kurt Bond, tkur...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, https://tkurtbond.github.io >> > -- > 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/6ae1c100-a3f1-4c6c-b763-3c1f2ace6dbfn%40googlegroups.com > > . > -- T. Kurt Bond, tkurtbond-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, https://tkurtbond.github.io -- 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/CAN1EhV841GBsc-YMPiJmAdujawjQ9nRAuk7DnFfVrGzpsMgkgg%40mail.gmail.com.