pandoc from org-mode file to gfm doesn't generate correct table

pandoc from org-mode file to gfm doesn't generate correct table

[Sturm Mabie]

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I'm trying to convert an org file that has a table that looks like this:

  | Portfolio | Return | Volatility | Leverage | Pre-drag Return | 
Post-drag Return |
  
|-----------+--------+------------+----------+-----------------+------------------|
  | A         |     1% |         1% |        5 |          5.025% 
|             4.9% |
  | B         |     5% |         5% |        1 |          5.125% 
|               5% |
  | C         |    10% |        10% |      0.5 |           5.25% 
|           5.125% |

I run:

$ pandoc vol.org -t markdown+pipe_tables -so out.md

Instead of a pipe_table I get:

  Portfolio   Return   Volatility   Leverage   Pre-drag Return   Post-drag 
Return
  ----------- -------- ------------ ---------- ----------------- 
------------------
  A           1%       1%           5          5.025%            4.9%
  B           5%       5%           1          5.125%            5%
  C           10%      10%          0.5        5.25%             5.125%

Note that using:

$ pandoc vol.org -t gfm -so out.md

I get a nice pipe_table:

| Portfolio | Return | Volatility | Leverage | Pre-drag Return | Post-drag 
Return |
| --------- | ------ | ---------- | -------- | --------------- | 
---------------- |
| A         | 1%     | 1%         | 5        | 5.025%          | 
4.9%             |
| B         | 5%     | 5%         | 1        | 5.125%          | 
5%               |
| C         | 10%    | 10%        | 0.5      | 5.25%           | 
5.125%           |

But unfortunately does not generate the front-matter:

---
category: Posts
date: '2019-10-04'
mathjax: true
startup: showeverything
---

I need the front matter since I'm using Jekyll to host the markdown files. 

So my question is: How can I get the front-matter along with the pipe 
tables? Why is gfm stripping my front-matter?

Thanks!

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Re: pandoc from org-mode file to gfm doesn't generate correct table

[John MacFarlane]

gfm doesn't handle YAML metadata because it's a pandoc extension.

In principle we could wire up the gfm writer so you can do
gfm+yaml_metadata_block, but currently you can't.

You can force pandoc's regular markdown output to use pipe
tables by disabling other table styles:

  pandoc -t markdown-simple_tables-multiline_tables-grid_tables

Sturm Mabie <sturm-t1kUVyXlVBodnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I'm trying to convert an org file that has a table that looks like this:
>
>   | Portfolio | Return | Volatility | Leverage | Pre-drag Return | 
> Post-drag Return |
>   
> |-----------+--------+------------+----------+-----------------+------------------|
>   | A         |     1% |         1% |        5 |          5.025% 
> |             4.9% |
>   | B         |     5% |         5% |        1 |          5.125% 
> |               5% |
>   | C         |    10% |        10% |      0.5 |           5.25% 
> |           5.125% |
>
> I run:
>
> $ pandoc vol.org -t markdown+pipe_tables -so out.md
>
> Instead of a pipe_table I get:
>
>   Portfolio   Return   Volatility   Leverage   Pre-drag Return   Post-drag 
> Return
>   ----------- -------- ------------ ---------- ----------------- 
> ------------------
>   A           1%       1%           5          5.025%            4.9%
>   B           5%       5%           1          5.125%            5%
>   C           10%      10%          0.5        5.25%             5.125%
>
> Note that using:
>
> $ pandoc vol.org -t gfm -so out.md
>
> I get a nice pipe_table:
>
> | Portfolio | Return | Volatility | Leverage | Pre-drag Return | Post-drag 
> Return |
> | --------- | ------ | ---------- | -------- | --------------- | 
> ---------------- |
> | A         | 1%     | 1%         | 5        | 5.025%          | 
> 4.9%             |
> | B         | 5%     | 5%         | 1        | 5.125%          | 
> 5%               |
> | C         | 10%    | 10%        | 0.5      | 5.25%           | 
> 5.125%           |
>
> But unfortunately does not generate the front-matter:
>
> ---
> category: Posts
> date: '2019-10-04'
> mathjax: true
> startup: showeverything
> ---
>
> I need the front matter since I'm using Jekyll to host the markdown files. 
>
> So my question is: How can I get the front-matter along with the pipe 
> tables? Why is gfm stripping my front-matter?
>
> Thanks!
>
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