On Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 9:08:22 AM UTC+2 Albert Krewinkel wrote:

ThomasH <the...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Is there a way to get at the current line number of the current input
> file in a Lua filter?
>
> I can get the input file via PANDOC_STATE.input_files alright, but
> what about the input line?
>
> I understand that Lua filters work on Pandoc ASTs, so the raw string
> input is already transformed. I used to save input line numbers with
> AST nodes when I wrote parsers. Is there such facility in Pandoc's
> ASTs? Writing a custom reader?

The CommonMark parser can be used with the `sourcepos` extension.
Enabling the extension will add positional information via div and span
attributes. The other parsers in pandoc don't have a comparable feature.

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