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-rw-r--r--data/sample.lua363
-rw-r--r--doc/custom-writers.md25
-rw-r--r--[l---------]pandoc-lua-engine/test/sample.lua364
-rw-r--r--pandoc.cabal2
5 files changed, 365 insertions, 395 deletions
diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 8feedc003..31e0d02e8 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -7080,10 +7080,7 @@ second `options` parameter.
A custom writer is a Lua script that defines a function
that specifies how to render each element in a Pandoc AST.
-To see a documented example which you can modify according
-to your needs:
-
- pandoc --print-default-data-file sample.lua
+See the [djot-writer.lua] for a full-featured example.
Note that custom writers have no default template. If you want
to use `--standalone` with a custom writer, you will need to
@@ -7094,6 +7091,7 @@ subdirectory of your user data directory (see [Templates]).
[Lua]: https://www.lua.org
[lpeg]: http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/
+[djot-writer.lua]: https://github.com/jgm/djot/blob/main/djot-writer.lua
# Reproducible builds
diff --git a/data/sample.lua b/data/sample.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index aacc0d2b6..000000000
--- a/data/sample.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,363 +0,0 @@
--- This is a sample custom writer for pandoc. It produces output
--- that is very similar to that of pandoc's HTML writer.
--- There is one new feature: code blocks marked with class 'dot'
--- are piped through graphviz and images are included in the HTML
--- output using 'data:' URLs. The image format can be controlled
--- via the `image_format` metadata field.
---
--- Invoke with: pandoc -t sample.lua
---
--- Note: you need not have lua installed on your system to use this
--- custom writer. However, if you do have lua installed, you can
--- use it to test changes to the script. 'lua sample.lua' will
--- produce informative error messages if your code contains
--- syntax errors.
-
-function Writer (doc, opts)
- PANDOC_DOCUMENT = doc
- PANDOC_WRITER_OPTIONS = opts
- loadfile(PANDOC_SCRIPT_FILE)()
- return pandoc.write_classic(doc, opts)
-end
-
-local pipe = pandoc.pipe
-local stringify = (require 'pandoc.utils').stringify
-
--- Choose the image format based on the value of the
--- `image_format` environment variable.
-local image_format = os.getenv 'image_format' or 'png'
-local image_mime_type = ({
- jpeg = 'image/jpeg',
- jpg = 'image/jpeg',
- gif = 'image/gif',
- png = 'image/png',
- svg = 'image/svg+xml',
- })[image_format]
- or error('unsupported image format `' .. image_format .. '`')
-
--- Character escaping
-local function escape(s, in_attribute)
- return s:gsub('[<>&"\']',
- function(x)
- if x == '<' then
- return '&lt;'
- elseif x == '>' then
- return '&gt;'
- elseif x == '&' then
- return '&amp;'
- elseif in_attribute and x == '"' then
- return '&quot;'
- elseif in_attribute and x == "'" then
- return '&#39;'
- else
- return x
- end
- end)
-end
-
--- Helper function to convert an attributes table into
--- a string that can be put into HTML tags.
-local function attributes(attr)
- local attr_table = {}
- for x,y in pairs(attr) do
- if y and y ~= '' then
- table.insert(attr_table, ' ' .. x .. '="' .. escape(y,true) .. '"')
- end
- end
- return table.concat(attr_table)
-end
-
--- Table to store footnotes, so they can be included at the end.
-local notes = {}
-
--- Blocksep is used to separate block elements.
-function Blocksep()
- return '\n\n'
-end
-
--- This function is called once for the whole document. Parameters:
--- body is a string, metadata is a table, variables is a table.
--- This gives you a fragment. You could use the metadata table to
--- fill variables in a custom lua template. Or, pass `--template=...`
--- to pandoc, and pandoc will do the template processing as usual.
-function Doc(body, metadata, variables)
- local buffer = {}
- local function add(s)
- table.insert(buffer, s)
- end
- add(body)
- if #notes > 0 then
- add('<ol class="footnotes">')
- for _,note in pairs(notes) do
- add(note)
- end
- add('</ol>')
- end
- return table.concat(buffer,'\n') .. '\n'
-end
-
--- The functions that follow render corresponding pandoc elements.
--- s is always a string, attr is always a table of attributes, and
--- items is always an array of strings (the items in a list).
--- Comments indicate the types of other variables.
-
-function Str(s)
- return escape(s)
-end
-
-function Space()
- return ' '
-end
-
-function SoftBreak()
- return '\n'
-end
-
-function LineBreak()
- return '<br/>'
-end
-
-function Emph(s)
- return '<em>' .. s .. '</em>'
-end
-
-function Strong(s)
- return '<strong>' .. s .. '</strong>'
-end
-
-function Subscript(s)
- return '<sub>' .. s .. '</sub>'
-end
-
-function Superscript(s)
- return '<sup>' .. s .. '</sup>'
-end
-
-function SmallCaps(s)
- return '<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">' .. s .. '</span>'
-end
-
-function Strikeout(s)
- return '<del>' .. s .. '</del>'
-end
-
-function Link(s, tgt, tit, attr)
- return '<a href="' .. escape(tgt,true) .. '" title="' ..
- escape(tit,true) .. '"' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. s .. '</a>'
-end
-
-function Image(s, src, tit, attr)
- return '<img src="' .. escape(src,true) .. '" title="' ..
- escape(tit,true) .. '"/>'
-end
-
-function Code(s, attr)
- return '<code' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. escape(s) .. '</code>'
-end
-
-function InlineMath(s)
- return '\\(' .. escape(s) .. '\\)'
-end
-
-function DisplayMath(s)
- return '\\[' .. escape(s) .. '\\]'
-end
-
-function SingleQuoted(s)
- return '&lsquo;' .. s .. '&rsquo;'
-end
-
-function DoubleQuoted(s)
- return '&ldquo;' .. s .. '&rdquo;'
-end
-
-function Note(s)
- local num = #notes + 1
- -- insert the back reference right before the final closing tag.
- s = string.gsub(s,
- '(.*)</', '%1 <a href="#fnref' .. num .. '">&#8617;</a></')
- -- add a list item with the note to the note table.
- table.insert(notes, '<li id="fn' .. num .. '">' .. s .. '</li>')
- -- return the footnote reference, linked to the note.
- return '<a id="fnref' .. num .. '" href="#fn' .. num ..
- '"><sup>' .. num .. '</sup></a>'
-end
-
-function Span(s, attr)
- return '<span' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. s .. '</span>'
-end
-
-function RawInline(format, str)
- if format == 'html' then
- return str
- else
- return ''
- end
-end
-
-function Cite(s, cs)
- local ids = {}
- for _,cit in ipairs(cs) do
- table.insert(ids, cit.citationId)
- end
- return '<span class="cite" data-citation-ids="' .. table.concat(ids, ',') ..
- '">' .. s .. '</span>'
-end
-
-function Plain(s)
- return s
-end
-
-function Para(s)
- return '<p>' .. s .. '</p>'
-end
-
--- lev is an integer, the header level.
-function Header(lev, s, attr)
- return '<h' .. lev .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. s .. '</h' .. lev .. '>'
-end
-
-function BlockQuote(s)
- return '<blockquote>\n' .. s .. '\n</blockquote>'
-end
-
-function HorizontalRule()
- return "<hr/>"
-end
-
-function LineBlock(ls)
- return '<div style="white-space: pre-line;">' .. table.concat(ls, '\n') ..
- '</div>'
-end
-
-function CodeBlock(s, attr)
- -- If code block has class 'dot', pipe the contents through dot
- -- and base64, and include the base64-encoded png as a data: URL.
- if attr.class and string.match(' ' .. attr.class .. ' ',' dot ') then
- local img = pipe('base64', {}, pipe('dot', {'-T' .. image_format}, s))
- return '<img src="data:' .. image_mime_type .. ';base64,' .. img .. '"/>'
- -- otherwise treat as code (one could pipe through a highlighter)
- else
- return '<pre><code' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. escape(s) ..
- '</code></pre>'
- end
-end
-
-function BulletList(items)
- local buffer = {}
- for _, item in pairs(items) do
- table.insert(buffer, '<li>' .. item .. '</li>')
- end
- return '<ul>\n' .. table.concat(buffer, '\n') .. '\n</ul>'
-end
-
-function OrderedList(items)
- local buffer = {}
- for _, item in pairs(items) do
- table.insert(buffer, '<li>' .. item .. '</li>')
- end
- return '<ol>\n' .. table.concat(buffer, '\n') .. '\n</ol>'
-end
-
-function DefinitionList(items)
- local buffer = {}
- for _,item in pairs(items) do
- local k, v = next(item)
- table.insert(buffer, '<dt>' .. k .. '</dt>\n<dd>' ..
- table.concat(v, '</dd>\n<dd>') .. '</dd>')
- end
- return '<dl>\n' .. table.concat(buffer, '\n') .. '\n</dl>'
-end
-
--- Convert pandoc alignment to something HTML can use.
--- align is AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignCenter, or AlignDefault.
-local function html_align(align)
- if align == 'AlignLeft' then
- return 'left'
- elseif align == 'AlignRight' then
- return 'right'
- elseif align == 'AlignCenter' then
- return 'center'
- else
- return 'left'
- end
-end
-
-function CaptionedImage(src, tit, caption, attr)
- if #caption == 0 then
- return '<p><img src="' .. escape(src,true) .. '" id="' .. attr.id ..
- '"/></p>'
- else
- local ecaption = escape(caption)
- return '<figure>\n<img src="' .. escape(src,true) ..
- '" id="' .. attr.id .. '" alt="' .. ecaption .. '"/>' ..
- '<figcaption>' .. ecaption .. '</figcaption>\n</figure>'
- end
-end
-
--- Caption is a string, aligns is an array of strings,
--- widths is an array of floats, headers is an array of
--- strings, rows is an array of arrays of strings.
-function Table(caption, aligns, widths, headers, rows)
- local buffer = {}
- local function add(s)
- table.insert(buffer, s)
- end
- add('<table>')
- if caption ~= '' then
- add('<caption>' .. escape(caption) .. '</caption>')
- end
- if widths and widths[1] ~= 0 then
- for _, w in pairs(widths) do
- add('<col width="' .. string.format('%.0f%%', w * 100) .. '" />')
- end
- end
- local header_row = {}
- local empty_header = true
- for i, h in pairs(headers) do
- local align = html_align(aligns[i])
- table.insert(header_row,'<th align="' .. align .. '">' .. h .. '</th>')
- empty_header = empty_header and h == ''
- end
- if not empty_header then
- add('<tr class="header">')
- for _,h in pairs(header_row) do
- add(h)
- end
- add('</tr>')
- end
- local class = 'even'
- for _, row in pairs(rows) do
- class = (class == 'even' and 'odd') or 'even'
- add('<tr class="' .. class .. '">')
- for i,c in pairs(row) do
- add('<td align="' .. html_align(aligns[i]) .. '">' .. c .. '</td>')
- end
- add('</tr>')
- end
- add('</table>')
- return table.concat(buffer,'\n')
-end
-
-function RawBlock(format, str)
- if format == 'html' then
- return str
- else
- return ''
- end
-end
-
-function Div(s, attr)
- return '<div' .. attributes(attr) .. '>\n' .. s .. '</div>'
-end
-
--- The following code will produce runtime warnings when you haven't defined
--- all of the functions you need for the custom writer, so it's useful
--- to include when you're working on a writer.
-local meta = {}
-meta.__index =
- function(_, key)
- io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key))
- return function() return '' end
- end
-setmetatable(_G, meta)
diff --git a/doc/custom-writers.md b/doc/custom-writers.md
index 0cedec7d7..1d90ea722 100644
--- a/doc/custom-writers.md
+++ b/doc/custom-writers.md
@@ -197,31 +197,6 @@ function Para(s)
end
```
-The best way to go about creating a classic custom writer is to
-modify the example that comes with pandoc. To get the example,
-you can do
-
-```
-pandoc --print-default-data-file sample.lua > sample.lua
-```
-
-## A custom HTML writer
-
-`sample.lua` is a full-features HTML writer, with explanatory
-comments. To use it, just use the path to the custom writer as
-the writer name:
-
-```
-pandoc -t sample.lua myfile.md
-```
-
-`sample.lua` defines all the functions needed by any custom
-writer, so you can design your own custom writer by modifying
-the functions in `sample.lua` according to your needs.
-
-``` {.lua include="sample.lua"}
-```
-
## Template variables
New template variables can be added, or existing ones
diff --git a/pandoc-lua-engine/test/sample.lua b/pandoc-lua-engine/test/sample.lua
index b2f5a1a10..aacc0d2b6 120000..100644
--- a/pandoc-lua-engine/test/sample.lua
+++ b/pandoc-lua-engine/test/sample.lua
@@ -1 +1,363 @@
-../../data/sample.lua \ No newline at end of file
+-- This is a sample custom writer for pandoc. It produces output
+-- that is very similar to that of pandoc's HTML writer.
+-- There is one new feature: code blocks marked with class 'dot'
+-- are piped through graphviz and images are included in the HTML
+-- output using 'data:' URLs. The image format can be controlled
+-- via the `image_format` metadata field.
+--
+-- Invoke with: pandoc -t sample.lua
+--
+-- Note: you need not have lua installed on your system to use this
+-- custom writer. However, if you do have lua installed, you can
+-- use it to test changes to the script. 'lua sample.lua' will
+-- produce informative error messages if your code contains
+-- syntax errors.
+
+function Writer (doc, opts)
+ PANDOC_DOCUMENT = doc
+ PANDOC_WRITER_OPTIONS = opts
+ loadfile(PANDOC_SCRIPT_FILE)()
+ return pandoc.write_classic(doc, opts)
+end
+
+local pipe = pandoc.pipe
+local stringify = (require 'pandoc.utils').stringify
+
+-- Choose the image format based on the value of the
+-- `image_format` environment variable.
+local image_format = os.getenv 'image_format' or 'png'
+local image_mime_type = ({
+ jpeg = 'image/jpeg',
+ jpg = 'image/jpeg',
+ gif = 'image/gif',
+ png = 'image/png',
+ svg = 'image/svg+xml',
+ })[image_format]
+ or error('unsupported image format `' .. image_format .. '`')
+
+-- Character escaping
+local function escape(s, in_attribute)
+ return s:gsub('[<>&"\']',
+ function(x)
+ if x == '<' then
+ return '&lt;'
+ elseif x == '>' then
+ return '&gt;'
+ elseif x == '&' then
+ return '&amp;'
+ elseif in_attribute and x == '"' then
+ return '&quot;'
+ elseif in_attribute and x == "'" then
+ return '&#39;'
+ else
+ return x
+ end
+ end)
+end
+
+-- Helper function to convert an attributes table into
+-- a string that can be put into HTML tags.
+local function attributes(attr)
+ local attr_table = {}
+ for x,y in pairs(attr) do
+ if y and y ~= '' then
+ table.insert(attr_table, ' ' .. x .. '="' .. escape(y,true) .. '"')
+ end
+ end
+ return table.concat(attr_table)
+end
+
+-- Table to store footnotes, so they can be included at the end.
+local notes = {}
+
+-- Blocksep is used to separate block elements.
+function Blocksep()
+ return '\n\n'
+end
+
+-- This function is called once for the whole document. Parameters:
+-- body is a string, metadata is a table, variables is a table.
+-- This gives you a fragment. You could use the metadata table to
+-- fill variables in a custom lua template. Or, pass `--template=...`
+-- to pandoc, and pandoc will do the template processing as usual.
+function Doc(body, metadata, variables)
+ local buffer = {}
+ local function add(s)
+ table.insert(buffer, s)
+ end
+ add(body)
+ if #notes > 0 then
+ add('<ol class="footnotes">')
+ for _,note in pairs(notes) do
+ add(note)
+ end
+ add('</ol>')
+ end
+ return table.concat(buffer,'\n') .. '\n'
+end
+
+-- The functions that follow render corresponding pandoc elements.
+-- s is always a string, attr is always a table of attributes, and
+-- items is always an array of strings (the items in a list).
+-- Comments indicate the types of other variables.
+
+function Str(s)
+ return escape(s)
+end
+
+function Space()
+ return ' '
+end
+
+function SoftBreak()
+ return '\n'
+end
+
+function LineBreak()
+ return '<br/>'
+end
+
+function Emph(s)
+ return '<em>' .. s .. '</em>'
+end
+
+function Strong(s)
+ return '<strong>' .. s .. '</strong>'
+end
+
+function Subscript(s)
+ return '<sub>' .. s .. '</sub>'
+end
+
+function Superscript(s)
+ return '<sup>' .. s .. '</sup>'
+end
+
+function SmallCaps(s)
+ return '<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">' .. s .. '</span>'
+end
+
+function Strikeout(s)
+ return '<del>' .. s .. '</del>'
+end
+
+function Link(s, tgt, tit, attr)
+ return '<a href="' .. escape(tgt,true) .. '" title="' ..
+ escape(tit,true) .. '"' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. s .. '</a>'
+end
+
+function Image(s, src, tit, attr)
+ return '<img src="' .. escape(src,true) .. '" title="' ..
+ escape(tit,true) .. '"/>'
+end
+
+function Code(s, attr)
+ return '<code' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. escape(s) .. '</code>'
+end
+
+function InlineMath(s)
+ return '\\(' .. escape(s) .. '\\)'
+end
+
+function DisplayMath(s)
+ return '\\[' .. escape(s) .. '\\]'
+end
+
+function SingleQuoted(s)
+ return '&lsquo;' .. s .. '&rsquo;'
+end
+
+function DoubleQuoted(s)
+ return '&ldquo;' .. s .. '&rdquo;'
+end
+
+function Note(s)
+ local num = #notes + 1
+ -- insert the back reference right before the final closing tag.
+ s = string.gsub(s,
+ '(.*)</', '%1 <a href="#fnref' .. num .. '">&#8617;</a></')
+ -- add a list item with the note to the note table.
+ table.insert(notes, '<li id="fn' .. num .. '">' .. s .. '</li>')
+ -- return the footnote reference, linked to the note.
+ return '<a id="fnref' .. num .. '" href="#fn' .. num ..
+ '"><sup>' .. num .. '</sup></a>'
+end
+
+function Span(s, attr)
+ return '<span' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. s .. '</span>'
+end
+
+function RawInline(format, str)
+ if format == 'html' then
+ return str
+ else
+ return ''
+ end
+end
+
+function Cite(s, cs)
+ local ids = {}
+ for _,cit in ipairs(cs) do
+ table.insert(ids, cit.citationId)
+ end
+ return '<span class="cite" data-citation-ids="' .. table.concat(ids, ',') ..
+ '">' .. s .. '</span>'
+end
+
+function Plain(s)
+ return s
+end
+
+function Para(s)
+ return '<p>' .. s .. '</p>'
+end
+
+-- lev is an integer, the header level.
+function Header(lev, s, attr)
+ return '<h' .. lev .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. s .. '</h' .. lev .. '>'
+end
+
+function BlockQuote(s)
+ return '<blockquote>\n' .. s .. '\n</blockquote>'
+end
+
+function HorizontalRule()
+ return "<hr/>"
+end
+
+function LineBlock(ls)
+ return '<div style="white-space: pre-line;">' .. table.concat(ls, '\n') ..
+ '</div>'
+end
+
+function CodeBlock(s, attr)
+ -- If code block has class 'dot', pipe the contents through dot
+ -- and base64, and include the base64-encoded png as a data: URL.
+ if attr.class and string.match(' ' .. attr.class .. ' ',' dot ') then
+ local img = pipe('base64', {}, pipe('dot', {'-T' .. image_format}, s))
+ return '<img src="data:' .. image_mime_type .. ';base64,' .. img .. '"/>'
+ -- otherwise treat as code (one could pipe through a highlighter)
+ else
+ return '<pre><code' .. attributes(attr) .. '>' .. escape(s) ..
+ '</code></pre>'
+ end
+end
+
+function BulletList(items)
+ local buffer = {}
+ for _, item in pairs(items) do
+ table.insert(buffer, '<li>' .. item .. '</li>')
+ end
+ return '<ul>\n' .. table.concat(buffer, '\n') .. '\n</ul>'
+end
+
+function OrderedList(items)
+ local buffer = {}
+ for _, item in pairs(items) do
+ table.insert(buffer, '<li>' .. item .. '</li>')
+ end
+ return '<ol>\n' .. table.concat(buffer, '\n') .. '\n</ol>'
+end
+
+function DefinitionList(items)
+ local buffer = {}
+ for _,item in pairs(items) do
+ local k, v = next(item)
+ table.insert(buffer, '<dt>' .. k .. '</dt>\n<dd>' ..
+ table.concat(v, '</dd>\n<dd>') .. '</dd>')
+ end
+ return '<dl>\n' .. table.concat(buffer, '\n') .. '\n</dl>'
+end
+
+-- Convert pandoc alignment to something HTML can use.
+-- align is AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignCenter, or AlignDefault.
+local function html_align(align)
+ if align == 'AlignLeft' then
+ return 'left'
+ elseif align == 'AlignRight' then
+ return 'right'
+ elseif align == 'AlignCenter' then
+ return 'center'
+ else
+ return 'left'
+ end
+end
+
+function CaptionedImage(src, tit, caption, attr)
+ if #caption == 0 then
+ return '<p><img src="' .. escape(src,true) .. '" id="' .. attr.id ..
+ '"/></p>'
+ else
+ local ecaption = escape(caption)
+ return '<figure>\n<img src="' .. escape(src,true) ..
+ '" id="' .. attr.id .. '" alt="' .. ecaption .. '"/>' ..
+ '<figcaption>' .. ecaption .. '</figcaption>\n</figure>'
+ end
+end
+
+-- Caption is a string, aligns is an array of strings,
+-- widths is an array of floats, headers is an array of
+-- strings, rows is an array of arrays of strings.
+function Table(caption, aligns, widths, headers, rows)
+ local buffer = {}
+ local function add(s)
+ table.insert(buffer, s)
+ end
+ add('<table>')
+ if caption ~= '' then
+ add('<caption>' .. escape(caption) .. '</caption>')
+ end
+ if widths and widths[1] ~= 0 then
+ for _, w in pairs(widths) do
+ add('<col width="' .. string.format('%.0f%%', w * 100) .. '" />')
+ end
+ end
+ local header_row = {}
+ local empty_header = true
+ for i, h in pairs(headers) do
+ local align = html_align(aligns[i])
+ table.insert(header_row,'<th align="' .. align .. '">' .. h .. '</th>')
+ empty_header = empty_header and h == ''
+ end
+ if not empty_header then
+ add('<tr class="header">')
+ for _,h in pairs(header_row) do
+ add(h)
+ end
+ add('</tr>')
+ end
+ local class = 'even'
+ for _, row in pairs(rows) do
+ class = (class == 'even' and 'odd') or 'even'
+ add('<tr class="' .. class .. '">')
+ for i,c in pairs(row) do
+ add('<td align="' .. html_align(aligns[i]) .. '">' .. c .. '</td>')
+ end
+ add('</tr>')
+ end
+ add('</table>')
+ return table.concat(buffer,'\n')
+end
+
+function RawBlock(format, str)
+ if format == 'html' then
+ return str
+ else
+ return ''
+ end
+end
+
+function Div(s, attr)
+ return '<div' .. attributes(attr) .. '>\n' .. s .. '</div>'
+end
+
+-- The following code will produce runtime warnings when you haven't defined
+-- all of the functions you need for the custom writer, so it's useful
+-- to include when you're working on a writer.
+local meta = {}
+meta.__index =
+ function(_, key)
+ io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key))
+ return function() return '' end
+ end
+setmetatable(_G, meta)
diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 466cea2c2..8ff7a96ee 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ data-files:
data/dzslides/template.html
-- default abbreviations file
data/abbreviations
- -- sample lua custom writer
- data/sample.lua
-- sample lua custom reader
data/creole.lua
-- lua init script