Re: Experimenting with pandoc module using just Lua

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

You need to supply an empty input to pandoc. In Powershell, you can type `echo '' | pandoc -L build.lua`.

Le Friday 17 June 2022 à 11:38:11AM, A A a écrit :
> 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 <[1]bastien.dumont-VwIFZPTo/vqzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.orgt>
> 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][2]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][3]amine.aboufirass-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>     >     Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 at 16:51
>     >     Subject: Experimenting with pandoc module using just Lua
>     >     To: <[5][4]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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