5 hours and tons of searching in pandoc docs I find this... THANK YOU. I'm sorry but i'm not too familiar with the terminal, how would I go about changing the "default.latex" that pandoc uses to write a pdf (I'm writing from R to PDF, and the knitr package relies on pandoc) and want to change the layout... On Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 2:09:29 PM UTC-6, Phil wrote: > > Thank you for the reply. I had just realized that was probably going on > (data files built into the binary) just before I got your post. I was able > to get the functionality I was wanting by creating a local override as you > suggested. > > For anyone else who is interested, I had to create a hidden folder > ".pandoc" in my home folder. I did this with the command mkdir ".pandoc". I > was then able to drop a reference.docx file into that folder that pandoc > now uses when outputting to docx. Related, a nice utility app that I > discovered for showing hidden files and folders in the Finder is called > invisibliX. I know you can also do this with command line but I'm still new > to the shell and enjoy a user interface when I can get one :-) > > Thanks again! > > Phil > > On Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:55:48 PM UTC-4, fiddlosopher wrote: >> >> Starting with 1.12, all the data files are built into the binary. >> This makes it possible to move the binary without breaking things. >> >> You can use `--print-default-data-file` to print these to stdout. >> >> You can also locally override them by putting files in ~/.pandoc. >> >> +++ Phi [Oct 27 13 08:58 ]: >> > More info in case it helps someone help me out. >> > >> > I have pandoc 1.11.1 installed on another Mac. It has the data folder >> > stored within usr/local/share/pandoc-1.11.1/data >> > >> > However, on the Mac with pandoc 1.12.1, the file path ends at >> > usr/local/share. There is no pandoc-1.12.1 folder beyond that and >> obviously >> > no data folder within. What confuses me is that 1.12.1 does produce a >> > styled dock output, so there must be a reference.docx data file >> somewhere. >> > I just can't find it. >> > >> > If it is relevant, the 1.11.1 instance was initially installed under OS >> X >> > 10.8 (but now running in 10.9). The 1.12.1 instance was installed under >> OS >> > X 10.9. Maybe a bug in the installer package? >> > >> > Any insights into this would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Phil >> > >> > On Saturday, October 26, 2013 10:16:20 PM UTC-4, yi lu wrote: >> > > >> > > I have no idea, but normally you can try to create one directory >> instead. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Phi > >wrote: >> > > >> > >> I'm running Pandoc 1.12.1 on Mac. I am unable to find the data >> directory >> > >> folder for inserting a different docx template. The --version >> command shows >> > >> it as being in /Users/myname/.pandoc but I do not see it there even >> > >> after showing hidden files. Anyone able to provide some guidance? >> > >> >> > >> Thanks you. >> > >> Phil >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> 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...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org . >> > >> To post to this group, send email to pandoc-...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> >> > >> . >> > >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/b49a725c-bf3d-4a5b-b356-b168d054d151%40googlegroups.com >> > >> . >> > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 post to this group, send email to pandoc-...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/fe0e9ddd-f288-402a-8142-5153fb17f89b%40googlegroups.com. >> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/c99c939c-90b9-472b-b739-9eb61b30b108%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.