Make --section-divs configurable?

Make --section-divs configurable?

[Yihui Xie]

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Hi,

I just noticed a change from Pandoc 1.19.x to 2.0 for HTML(5) output: 
--section-divs uses <section> instead of <div>. Currently it is a Boolean 
option, and I wonder if it is possible to make it configurable, i.e. let 
users choose whether to use <section> or <div> by themselves, e.g., 
--section-divs=div. There is nothing technically wrong with <div> in HTML5 
output (just a matter of semantics).

Yihui

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Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[John MACFARLANE]

+++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 08:04 ]:
>   Hi,
>   I just noticed a change from Pandoc 1.19.x to 2.0 for HTML(5) output:
>   --section-divs uses <section> instead of <div>. Currently it is a
>   Boolean option, and I wonder if it is possible to make it configurable,
>   i.e. let users choose whether to use <section> or <div> by themselves,
>   e.g., --section-divs=div. There is nothing technically wrong with <div>
>   in HTML5 output (just a matter of semantics).

True, but isn't section the appropriate tag for...a section?
What is wrong with using section here?

Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[Yihui Xie]

I have an application that unfortunately relies on the <div> tag. Now
I have to make it compatible with Pandoc 2.0, so I have to consider
both <section> and <div>.

Regards,
Yihui
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On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:30 AM, John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> +++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 08:04 ]:
>>
>>   Hi,
>>   I just noticed a change from Pandoc 1.19.x to 2.0 for HTML(5) output:
>>   --section-divs uses <section> instead of <div>. Currently it is a
>>   Boolean option, and I wonder if it is possible to make it configurable,
>>   i.e. let users choose whether to use <section> or <div> by themselves,
>>   e.g., --section-divs=div. There is nothing technically wrong with <div>
>>   in HTML5 output (just a matter of semantics).
>
>
> True, but isn't section the appropriate tag for...a section?
> What is wrong with using section here?
>

Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[John MACFARLANE]

+++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 10:33 ]:
>I have an application that unfortunately relies on the <div> tag. Now
>I have to make it compatible with Pandoc 2.0, so I have to consider
>both <section> and <div>.

Is that a big obstacle?

Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[Yihui Xie]

I'm not sure. I can get around it in my own R package, but this issue
seems to affect other R packages that I do not maintain. I need more
time to evaluate how bad this issue is. Thanks!

Regards,
Yihui
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On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM, John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> +++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 10:33 ]:
>>
>> I have an application that unfortunately relies on the <div> tag. Now
>> I have to make it compatible with Pandoc 2.0, so I have to consider
>> both <section> and <div>.
>
>
> Is that a big obstacle?
>
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Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[John MACFARLANE]

By the way, I think section tags have always been used for
html5.  What changed in 2.0 is that html5 became the
default.  That is, previously html was html4, and now it's
html5.  So a good solution for these packages might be to
use `-t html4`.

+++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 11:26 ]:
>I'm not sure. I can get around it in my own R package, but this issue
>seems to affect other R packages that I do not maintain. I need more
>time to evaluate how bad this issue is. Thanks!
>
>Regards,
>Yihui
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>
>
>On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM, John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> +++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 10:33 ]:
>>>
>>> I have an application that unfortunately relies on the <div> tag. Now
>>> I have to make it compatible with Pandoc 2.0, so I have to consider
>>> both <section> and <div>.
>>
>>
>> Is that a big obstacle?
>>
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Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[Pablo Rodríguez]

On 11/08/2017 06:26 PM, Yihui Xie wrote:
> I'm not sure. I can get around it in my own R package, but this issue
> seems to affect other R packages that I do not maintain. I need more
> time to evaluate how bad this issue is. Thanks!

Hi Yihui,

what has changed in pandoc-2.0 is the default HTML version. It has been
moved from HTML4 to HTML5 as default.

Wouldn’t it be possible that you ask for `-t html4` using pandoc-2.0?

I think this is the easiest fix. Just in case it helps,

Pablo



> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM, John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> +++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 10:33 ]:
>>>
>>> I have an application that unfortunately relies on the <div> tag. Now
>>> I have to make it compatible with Pandoc 2.0, so I have to consider
>>> both <section> and <div>.
>>
>>
>> Is that a big obstacle?
>>
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Re: Make --section-divs configurable?

[Yihui Xie]

Thanks, John and Pablo! I'll try html4.

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On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Pablo Rodríguez <oinos-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 11/08/2017 06:26 PM, Yihui Xie wrote:
>> I'm not sure. I can get around it in my own R package, but this issue
>> seems to affect other R packages that I do not maintain. I need more
>> time to evaluate how bad this issue is. Thanks!
>
> Hi Yihui,
>
> what has changed in pandoc-2.0 is the default HTML version. It has been
> moved from HTML4 to HTML5 as default.
>
> Wouldn’t it be possible that you ask for `-t html4` using pandoc-2.0?
>
> I think this is the easiest fix. Just in case it helps,
>
> Pablo
>
>
>
>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:18 AM, John MACFARLANE <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> +++ Yihui Xie [Nov 08 17 10:33 ]:
>>>>
>>>> I have an application that unfortunately relies on the <div> tag. Now
>>>> I have to make it compatible with Pandoc 2.0, so I have to consider
>>>> both <section> and <div>.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is that a big obstacle?
>>>
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