The default HTML-output generated by pandoc is polyglot HTML, i.e., it's both valid HTML and XML. The `tidy` utility is tool that can generate pure HTML; it can also shed a few bytes by omitting optional tags. E.g. pandoc --to=html -s … | tidy -q -ashtml -omit #pandoc #html #html5 #xml #tidy

New in pandoc 3.9: Many CSL styles will format citations differently when the same source has been cited earlier. In documents with chapters, it is usually desirable to reset this position information at the beginning of every chapter. To do this, add the class `reset-citation-positions` to the […]

New in pandoc 3.9: Passing a filepath with a `.zip` extension to the `--extract-media` command line parameter now collects all media files in that zip. E.g. pandoc --extract-media=images.zip … #pandoc #zip #media_files

The Lua system now includes `pandoc.utils.documentation` for online help. Pass it a pandoc function or module, and it will return the docs for that object. #pandoc #OnlineHelp #lua

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@pandoc/116011707001692685 And it's completely ad-free, of course. Many thanks to everybody sponsoring us!

🆕 pandoc 3.9 🎉🚀 • Official support for wasm (WebAssembly), allowing to run pandoc in the browser, • *alerts* extension in the pandoc Markdown flavor, • support for defaults files using JSON instead of YAML, • extension of `${.}` vars in the `defaults` field, making it easier to base defaults […]

The pandoc wasm demo, which do document conversions in the browser, now supports Lua filters! https://pandoc.org/wasm-demo/ #pandoc #wasm #lua #luafilter

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rustaceans/115935765654152634 No matter your stance on projects created with LLM-tools, please remember that these new converters would not have been possible without the manual work that went into pandoc. The project here is a comparatively pleasant and positive […]

Off-label-use: pandoc as a network downloader Lua helper script (pget.lua): #!/usr/bin/env pandoc-lua local mb = require 'pandoc.mediabag' local path = require 'pandoc.path' local uri = arg[1] or error"No URI given" local out = arg[2] or path.filename(uri) local mt, content = mb.fetch(uri) mb […]

Off-label uses of pandoc: conversion between text encodings. Convert text encodings, UTF-8 to UTF-16: echo 'X' | pandoc lua -e 'io.write(pandoc.text.toencoding(io.read"a", "utf-16"))' Other direction: echo 'X' | pandoc lua -e 'io.write(pandoc.text.fromencoding(io.read"a", "utf-16"))' The […]

Pandoc in the browser, with a friendly interface. This app is a web-assembly version of pandoc, the documents never leave your computer: https://pandoc.org/wasm-demo/convert.html #pandoc #wasm

The include-files Lua filter allows to include documents from other files. It supports easy adjustment of nested headings, reading files in different formats, and recursive transclusion. https://github.com/pandoc-ext/include-files #pandoc #luafilter

🆕 pandoc 3.8.3 🎉 This release adds three new input formats (Asciidoc, PPTX, and XLSX) and one new output format (BBCode + variants). It also fixes a number of bugs (including some regressions in 3.8). See the changelog for full details. Thanks to all who contributed! […]

Getting support for #pandoc • The "Discussions" forum on GitHub has become the central place for community support: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/discussions • A wealth of knowledge can be found in the archive of the pandoc-discuss mailing list https://inbox.vuxu.org/pandoc-discuss/ • Likewise […]