Re: Plain TeX writer

[Bastien DUMONT <bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>]

Fortunately, it is possible by making the space and the newline characters active in TeX! (Provided that a SoftBreak is rendered as a line break in the TeX output.) This is how \obeylines and \obeyspaces work.

Le Wednesday 26 October 2022 à 05:24:36PM, John MacFarlane a écrit :
> I like the look of this better. But, just to be clear about the costs before it’s set in stone: this means that you couldn’t “reprogram” pandoc Spaces or SoftBreaks using tex macros.  So, for example, you couldn’t make Spaces appear as visible ␠ characters, and you couldn’t make SoftBreaks create hard breaks in the output.
> 
> Probably these are acceptable limitations, but I mention them just in case!
> 
> > On Oct 26, 2022, at 1:09 PM, Vít Novotný <witiko-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > 
> > What would you think about replacing \pandocSpace with a regular space character? IT would make the output a lot more readable. Similarly, SoftBreak could be a regular newline character.
> > 
> > In drehak/pandoc-to-markdown#20 and #21, we have replaced \pandocSpace and \pandocSoftBreak with ␣ and ⤶, respectively. Running the code from the original post will now produce the following output:
> > 
> > $ cat example.tex
> > \pandocDocumentBegin
> > Under his pillow P’raps found\pandocLineBreak
> > \pandocStrikeout{A cake that weighed a half a pound.}\pandocLineBreak
> > A plenty of space to roll around
> > \pandocDocumentEnd
> > 
> > This is definitely easier on the eye than the original.
> > 
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