Sure thang, your where right @mb21 I did not have to run `pandoc` as sudo. 
Always good to avoid that.

Thank you and a happy new year to you.

On Friday, December 28, 2018 at 4:50:42 PM UTC+1, mb21 wrote:
>
> You really shouldn't need to use sudo to run pandoc.
>
> About your question: see https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#line-blocks
>
>
> On Friday, December 28, 2018 at 1:51:11 PM UTC+1, Lars Bingchong wrote:
>>
>> Hello ladies and gentlemen. This is my first post in the "pandoc-discuss" 
>> group. Allow me to explain myself.
>>
>> ====TRYING TO====
>>
>> * Convert a lot of DOCX documents, that have text structured like this:
>>
>> ----
>>
>> Evigt liv til salg
>>
>> Hvis nyeste forskning besad.
>> Gralen til evigt liv via morgenmad.
>> Ville du gå til bords?
>> Mæske dig i libidoens buffet.
>>
>> Eller tror du, fordi du tror?
>> At evigt liv er en Guds givet gave.
>> Til frit valg på hylde 1.
>> Et omfavnende selv tak - det var så lidt.
>>
>> At det eksisterer kan vi ikke bevise.
>> At det gør kan vi ikke benægte.
>> Fakta, aktualitetens modstander.
>> Og aktuelt er det evige liv for os.
>>
>> På den ene eller den anden led.
>> Ønsker vi livet bliver ved.
>> For det er i det levne liv.
>> At livet giver 4.
>>
>> Så hvad gør en klog.
>> Forsøger at leve evigt sæføli.
>> Om ikke i kød og dundrende mørkt blod.
>> Så ihukommelse af os selv i andre.
>>
>> Skakmat
>> 160603
>> (Genfødsel - evigt liv) - 2660 - kulturweekend
>>
>> ----
>>
>> So what I would like pandoc to do when executing it on a DOCX document of 
>> the above type is:
>>
>>
>>    1. Keep the whitespace between the verses and the first line which is 
>>    the title
>>    2. Keep the verse structure so that lines that are not divided by a 
>>    whitespace line stay together
>>
>> ====TRIED====
>>
>>
>>    1. *sudo pandoc -s file.docx -t markdown -o mydoc.md --wrap=none 
>>    --extract-media . *--> that did not do the job
>>    2. Searching through this discussion group to see if this had already 
>>    been solved.
>>    3. Had a good look at the Pandoc documentation. Disclaimer, I have no 
>>    prior experience with LUA and have not used Pandoc to a great extend.
>>    4. Then I tried with a LUA filter, inspired by this disccusion >> 
>>    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/pandoc-discuss/paragraphs%7Csort:date/pandoc-discuss/wlP6AL11NIY/PxF4d6ilBQAJ
>>       1. I modified it a bit and ended up with.
>>    
>> ```
>> function Pandoc(doc)
>>   local lb = pandoc.LineBlock(doc)
>>   for i,b in pairs(doc.content) do
>>     if b.t == "Para" and b.content ~= nil then
>>       table.insert(lb.content, b.content)
>>     end
>>   end
>>   return pandoc.Pandoc({lb}, doc.meta)
>> end
>> ```
>> --> that gets the conversion in the right direction. Lines are not like 
>> this
>>
>> ```
>> Evigt liv til salg
>>
>> Hvis nyeste forskning besad.
>>
>> Gralen til evigt liv via morgenmad.
>>
>> Ville du gå til bords?
>>
>> Mæske dig i libidoens buffet.
>>
>> Eller tror du, fordi du tror?
>> ```
>>
>> but like this:
>>
>> ```
>> | Evigt liv til salg
>> | Hvis nyeste forskning besad.
>> | Gralen til evigt liv via morgenmad.
>> | Ville du gå til bords?
>> | Mæske dig i libidoens buffet.
>> | Eller tror du, fordi du tror?
>> | At evigt liv er en Guds givet gave.
>> ```
>>
>> However as stated in the "..what I would like..." section, it does not:
>>
>>
>>    1. Keep the whitespace between the verses and the first line which is 
>>    the title
>>    2. Keep the verse structure so that lines that are not divided by a 
>>    whitespace line stay together
>>
>> ----
>>
>> So I'm seeking help on how to accomplish what I want with a LUA filter, 
>> as this seems like the rigth path.
>>
>> Thank you very much :-) and a happy new year (it's soon :-).
>>
>> function Pandoc(doc)
>>   local lb = pandoc.LineBlock(doc)
>>   for i,b in pairs(doc.content) do
>>     if b.t == "Para" and b.content ~= nil then
>>       table.insert(lb.content, b.content)
>>     end
>>   end
>>   return pandoc.Pandoc({lb}, doc.meta)
>> end
>>
>> sudo pandoc -s /Volumes/IBIGDATA/IBIG\ Data/Documents/POEMS\ -\ PHILOSOPHIES\ -\ WORDPLAY/FINISHED\ POEMS/DANISH/2016/Evigt\ liv\ til\ salg\ 160603.docx -t markdown -o mydoc.md --wrap=none --extract-media .
>>
>>

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