Re: Converting reference footnotes to inline footnotes (md -> md if poss.)

[Christophe Demko <chdemko-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Can you post the files which cause an issue ?

Le mercredi 19 juillet 2023 à 18:44:09 UTC+2, 'o-Dzin Tridral a écrit :

> Hi Christophe,
>
> I'm sorry to follow up again, but I get an error with my large md file
>
> The filter fails with the error
>
>   attempt to concatenate a nil value (field 'text')
>
> The error doesn't mention where the failure happens or what text is 
> causing the problem.  If you have any advice re how to get more information 
> from pandoc or lua I would very much appreciate it. 
>
> I entirely understand if you don't have time to look at this of course.
>
> best regards,
>
> 'ö-Dzin
>
>  
>
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> On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 17:19, 'o-Dzin Tridral <tri...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Christophe,
>>
>> Thank you very much for your reply.
>>
>> I've not used lua filters before.  It took me a while to realise how to 
>> make a command line with the input file and output file.
>>
>> I thought I'd write back and include tis for the benefit of any novices 
>> like me.
>>
>> I've now done this with your script, inserting the* '-i' *for the input 
>> file and using output redirection '*>'  *for the output file
>>
>>    pandoc --lua-filter note.lua -t markdown -i *<input file>* | sed -e 
>> 's/%%opening%%/\^\[/g' | sed -e 's/%%closing%%/\]/g' > *<output file>*
>>
>> This works on my small example file.
>>
>> Thank you once again.
>>
>> 'ö-Dzin
>>
>>  
>>
>>
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>>
>> ☸ Achos pan ddaw y Pedwar Marchog i ofyn a roist ti o dy gyfan - fydd 
>> gen ti ddim esgus - Meinir Gwilym ☸
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 14:36, Christophe Demko <chd...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> You can use a lua filter:
>>>
>>> $ pandoc --lua-filter note.lua -t markdown | sed -e 
>>> 's/%%opening%%/\^\[/g' | sed -e 's/%%closing%%/\]/g'
>>>
>>> with this note.lua file
>>>
>>> function Note(note)
>>>   note.content[1].content[1].text = "%%opening%%" .. 
>>> note.content[1].content[1].text
>>>   note.content[1].content[#note.content[1].content].text = 
>>> note.content[1].content[#note.content[1].content].text .. "%%closing%%"
>>>   return note.content[1].content
>>> end
>>> Le dimanche 16 juillet 2023 à 17:35:38 UTC+2, tri...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Is it possible to use Pandoc to convert an md file that has reference 
>>>> footnotes to one that has inline footnotes - just by going from md -> md, 
>>>> but failing that via another format.
>>>>
>>>> I have a file containing reference footnotes like this
>>>> ----
>>>>     Example[^1] line of text.
>>>>
>>>>     [^1]: Example footnote
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> I would like to convert them all to inline footnotes like this
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>     Example^[Example footnote] line of text.
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for any help
>>>>
>>>> 'ö-Dzin
>>>>
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