Re: Isn’t there a plain text reader? Why?

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

Yes, generally you can use either the canonical language name
(as listed by --list-highlight-languages) or standard file
extensions (like py).

If you look at the xml syntax descriptions here
https://github.com/jgm/skylighting/tree/master/skylighting-core/xml
you'll see (on the language element) the attribute "extensions";
this is where the accepted extensions come from.

Rudi C <rudiwillalwaysloveyou-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Thank you!
> I imagine there are aliases defined for `pandoc
> --list-highlight-languages`? Since specifying `py` seemed to work just as
> well as `python`, if I'm remembering correctly. If so, where should I edit
> in the sources ti add more aliases? (And send those edits as PRs)(Like,
> `el` could be an alias for `commonlisp` ...)
>
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 7:02 PM Daniel Staal <DStaal-Jdbf3xiKgS8@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> On 8/16/19 2:07 AM, Rudi C wrote:
>> > I currently use a script to create a markdown with this structure:
>> >
>> > # filename
>> >
>> > ```file-extension
>> > file-content
>> > ```
>> >
>> > # ...
>> >
>> > Does your solution have advantages over this?
>> > Btw, is there a table of supported things I can put after the triple `s?
>> > Putting “el”, for example, did not activate EmacsLisp highlighting.
>>
>> No real advantages over this - it's basically an alternate syntax for
>> the same thing.
>>
>> There's no reference table, as it depends on the compile - however you
>> can get the list for the current install with:
>>
>> `pandoc --list-highlight-languages`
>>
>> > Ps: By plain text, I mean text that always wraps, and keeps its source
>> > indentation. The kind of I thing I’ll see when I use `less` on a file.
>>
>> The point I was trying to make is that 'plain text' isn't a very
>> well-defined term, or a structured input language.  Pandoc deals with
>> structured input, and has several input formats that could reasonably
>> handle random text - but unstructured text is a bit out of Pandoc's scope.
>>
>> You're not dealing with unstructured text however - you're working with
>> source code, and again Pandoc can handle source code in several formats
>> - Markdown being the best supported and documented.
>>
>> Daniel T. Staal
>>
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