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@@ -349,15 +349,15 @@ General options
If this option is not specified, the default user data directory
will be used. This is, in UNIX:
- $HOME/.pandoc
+ $HOME/.pandoc
in Windows XP:
- C:\Documents And Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\pandoc
+ C:\Documents And Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\pandoc
and in Windows Vista or later:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\pandoc
+ C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\pandoc
You can find the default user data directory on your system by
looking at the output of `pandoc --version`.
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ General options
: Generate a bash completion script. To enable bash completion
with pandoc, add this to your `.bashrc`:
- eval "$(pandoc --bash-completion)"
+ eval "$(pandoc --bash-completion)"
`--verbose`
@@ -468,11 +468,11 @@ Reader options
JSON input and output. The name of the output format will be
passed to the filter as the first argument. Hence,
- pandoc --filter ./caps.py -t latex
+ pandoc --filter ./caps.py -t latex
is equivalent to
- pandoc -t json | ./caps.py latex | pandoc -f json -t latex
+ pandoc -t json | ./caps.py latex | pandoc -f json -t latex
The latter form may be useful for debugging filters.
@@ -511,15 +511,15 @@ Reader options
The following is an example lua script for macro-expansion:
- function expand_hello_world(inline)
- if inline.c == '{{helloworld}}' then
- return pandoc.Emph{ pandoc.Str "Hello, World" }
- else
- return inline
- end
- end
+ function expand_hello_world(inline)
+ if inline.c == '{{helloworld}}' then
+ return pandoc.Emph{ pandoc.Str "Hello, World" }
+ else
+ return inline
+ end
+ end
- return {{Str = expand_hello_world}}
+ return {{Str = expand_hello_world}}
`-M` *KEY*[`=`*VAL*], `--metadata=`*KEY*[`:`*VAL*]
@@ -554,11 +554,8 @@ Reader options
`insertion`, `deletion`, `comment-start`, and `comment-end`
classes, respectively. The author and time of change is
included. `all` is useful for scripting: only accepting changes
- from a certain reviewer, say, or before a certain date. If a
- paragraph is inserted or deleted, `track-changes=all` produces a
- span with the class `paragraph-insertion`/`paragraph-deletion`
- before the affected paragraph break. This option only affects the
- docx reader.
+ from a certain reviewer, say, or before a certain date. This
+ option only affects the docx reader.
`--extract-media=`*DIR*
@@ -919,48 +916,48 @@ Options affecting specific writers
Docx
: For best results, the reference docx should be a modified
- version of a docx file produced using pandoc. The contents
- of the reference docx are ignored, but its stylesheets and
- document properties (including margins, page size, header,
- and footer) are used in the new docx. If no reference docx
- is specified on the command line, pandoc will look for a
- file `reference.docx` in the user data directory (see
- `--data-dir`). If this is not found either, sensible
- defaults will be used.
-
- To produce a custom `reference.docx`, first get a copy of
- the default `reference.docx`: `pandoc
- --print-default-data-file reference.docx >
- custom-reference.docx`. Then open `custom-reference.docx`
- in Word, modify the styles as you wish, and save the file.
- For best results, do not make changes to this file other
- than modifying the styles used by pandoc: [paragraph]
- Normal, Body Text, First Paragraph, Compact, Title,
- Subtitle, Author, Date, Abstract, Bibliography, Heading 1,
- Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6,
- Heading 7, Heading 8, Heading 9, Block Text, Footnote Text,
- Definition Term, Definition, Caption, Table Caption,
- Image Caption, Figure, Captioned Figure, TOC Heading;
- [character] Default Paragraph Font, Body Text Char,
- Verbatim Char, Footnote Reference, Hyperlink; [table]
- Table.
+ version of a docx file produced using pandoc. The contents
+ of the reference docx are ignored, but its stylesheets and
+ document properties (including margins, page size, header,
+ and footer) are used in the new docx. If no reference docx
+ is specified on the command line, pandoc will look for a
+ file `reference.docx` in the user data directory (see
+ `--data-dir`). If this is not found either, sensible
+ defaults will be used.
+
+ To produce a custom `reference.docx`, first get a copy of
+ the default `reference.docx`: `pandoc
+ --print-default-data-file reference.docx >
+ custom-reference.docx`. Then open `custom-reference.docx`
+ in Word, modify the styles as you wish, and save the file.
+ For best results, do not make changes to this file other
+ than modifying the styles used by pandoc: [paragraph]
+ Normal, Body Text, First Paragraph, Compact, Title,
+ Subtitle, Author, Date, Abstract, Bibliography, Heading 1,
+ Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6,
+ Heading 7, Heading 8, Heading 9, Block Text, Footnote Text,
+ Definition Term, Definition, Caption, Table Caption,
+ Image Caption, Figure, Captioned Figure, TOC Heading;
+ [character] Default Paragraph Font, Body Text Char,
+ Verbatim Char, Footnote Reference, Hyperlink; [table]
+ Table.
ODT
: For best results, the reference ODT should be a modified
- version of an ODT produced using pandoc. The contents of
- the reference ODT are ignored, but its stylesheets are used
- in the new ODT. If no reference ODT is specified on the
- command line, pandoc will look for a file `reference.odt` in
- the user data directory (see `--data-dir`). If this is not
- found either, sensible defaults will be used.
-
- To produce a custom `reference.odt`, first get a copy of
- the default `reference.odt`: `pandoc
- --print-default-data-file reference.odt >
- custom-reference.odt`. Then open `custom-reference.odt` in
- LibreOffice, modify the styles as you wish, and save the
- file.
+ version of an ODT produced using pandoc. The contents of
+ the reference ODT are ignored, but its stylesheets are used
+ in the new ODT. If no reference ODT is specified on the
+ command line, pandoc will look for a file `reference.odt` in
+ the user data directory (see `--data-dir`). If this is not
+ found either, sensible defaults will be used.
+
+ To produce a custom `reference.odt`, first get a copy of
+ the default `reference.odt`: `pandoc
+ --print-default-data-file reference.odt >
+ custom-reference.odt`. Then open `custom-reference.odt` in
+ LibreOffice, modify the styles as you wish, and save the
+ file.
`--epub-cover-image=`*FILE*
@@ -975,8 +972,8 @@ Options affecting specific writers
The file should contain a series of [Dublin Core elements].
For example:
- <dc:rights>Creative Commons</dc:rights>
- <dc:language>es-AR</dc:language>
+ <dc:rights>Creative Commons</dc:rights>
+ <dc:language>es-AR</dc:language>
By default, pandoc will include the following metadata elements:
`<dc:title>` (from the document title), `<dc:creator>` (from the
@@ -1000,31 +997,31 @@ Options affecting specific writers
embedded fonts, you will need to add declarations like the following
to your CSS (see `--css`):
- @font-face {
- font-family: DejaVuSans;
- font-style: normal;
- font-weight: normal;
- src:url("DejaVuSans-Regular.ttf");
- }
- @font-face {
- font-family: DejaVuSans;
- font-style: normal;
- font-weight: bold;
- src:url("DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf");
- }
- @font-face {
- font-family: DejaVuSans;
- font-style: italic;
- font-weight: normal;
- src:url("DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf");
- }
- @font-face {
- font-family: DejaVuSans;
- font-style: italic;
- font-weight: bold;
- src:url("DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf");
- }
- body { font-family: "DejaVuSans"; }
+ @font-face {
+ font-family: DejaVuSans;
+ font-style: normal;
+ font-weight: normal;
+ src:url("DejaVuSans-Regular.ttf");
+ }
+ @font-face {
+ font-family: DejaVuSans;
+ font-style: normal;
+ font-weight: bold;
+ src:url("DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf");
+ }
+ @font-face {
+ font-family: DejaVuSans;
+ font-style: italic;
+ font-weight: normal;
+ src:url("DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf");
+ }
+ @font-face {
+ font-family: DejaVuSans;
+ font-style: italic;
+ font-weight: bold;
+ src:url("DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf");
+ }
+ body { font-family: "DejaVuSans"; }
`--epub-chapter-level=`*NUMBER*
@@ -1177,9 +1174,9 @@ of the following options.
formulas and an HTML file with links to these images.
So, the procedure is:
- pandoc -s --gladtex input.md -o myfile.htex
- gladtex -d myfile-images myfile.htex
- # produces myfile.html and images in myfile-images
+ pandoc -s --gladtex input.md -o myfile.htex
+ gladtex -d myfile-images myfile.htex
+ # produces myfile.html and images in myfile-images
`--mimetex`[`=`*URL*]
@@ -1216,11 +1213,11 @@ Options for wrapper scripts
: Ignore command-line arguments (for use in wrapper scripts).
Regular pandoc options are not ignored. Thus, for example,
- pandoc --ignore-args -o foo.html -s foo.txt -- -e latin1
+ pandoc --ignore-args -o foo.html -s foo.txt -- -e latin1
is equivalent to
- pandoc -o foo.html -s
+ pandoc -o foo.html -s
Templates
=========
@@ -1266,13 +1263,13 @@ as the following:
if input is from stdin. You can use the following snippet in your template
to distinguish them:
- $if(sourcefile)$
- $for(sourcefile)$
- $sourcefile$
- $endfor$
- $else$
- (stdin)
- $endif$
+ $if(sourcefile)$
+ $for(sourcefile)$
+ $sourcefile$
+ $endfor$
+ $else$
+ (stdin)
+ $endif$
Similarly, `outputfile` can be `-` if output goes to the terminal.
@@ -1282,11 +1279,11 @@ as the following:
through a [pandoc title block][Extension: `pandoc_title_block`],
which allows for multiple authors, or through a YAML metadata block:
- ---
- author:
- - Aristotle
- - Peter Abelard
- ...
+ ---
+ author:
+ - Aristotle
+ - Peter Abelard
+ ...
`subtitle`
: document subtitle, included in HTML, EPUB, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and Word docx;
@@ -1334,11 +1331,11 @@ as the following:
[^subtitle]: To make `subtitle` work with other LaTeX
document classes, you can add the following to `header-includes`:
- \providecommand{\subtitle}[1]{%
- \usepackage{titling}
- \posttitle{%
- \par\large#1\end{center}}
- }
+ \providecommand{\subtitle}[1]{%
+ \usepackage{titling}
+ \posttitle{%
+ \par\large#1\end{center}}
+ }
Language variables
------------------
@@ -1732,7 +1729,7 @@ Typography
Interpret straight quotes as curly quotes, `---` as em-dashes,
`--` as en-dashes, and `...` as ellipses. Nonbreaking spaces are
-inserted after certain abbreviations, such as "Mr."
+inserted after certain abbreviations, such as "Mr."
This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
@@ -2209,9 +2206,9 @@ A block of text indented four spaces (or one tab) is treated as verbatim
text: that is, special characters do not trigger special formatting,
and all spaces and line breaks are preserved. For example,
- if (a > 3) {
- moveShip(5 * gravity, DOWN);
- }
+ if (a > 3) {
+ moveShip(5 * gravity, DOWN);
+ }
The initial (four space or one tab) indentation is not considered part
of the verbatim text, and is removed in the output.
@@ -2260,7 +2257,7 @@ this syntax:
~~~~ {#mycode .haskell .numberLines startFrom="100"}
qsort [] = []
qsort (x:xs) = qsort (filter (< x) xs) ++ [x] ++
- qsort (filter (>= x) xs)
+ qsort (filter (>= x) xs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here `mycode` is an identifier, `haskell` and `numberLines` are classes, and
@@ -2384,12 +2381,12 @@ the list marker.
* First paragraph.
- Continued.
+ Continued.
* Second paragraph. With a code block, which must be indented
- eight spaces:
+ eight spaces:
- { code }
+ { code }
Exception: if the list marker is followed by an indented code
block, which must begin 5 spaces after the list marker, then
@@ -2407,8 +2404,8 @@ containing list item.
* fruits
+ apples
- - macintosh
- - red delicious
+ - macintosh
+ - red delicious
+ pears
+ peaches
* vegetables
@@ -2425,7 +2422,7 @@ other blocks in a list item, the first line of each must be indented.
+ Another one; this looks
bad but is legal.
- Second paragraph of second
+ Second paragraph of second
list item.
### Ordered lists ###
@@ -2459,18 +2456,18 @@ capital letter with a period, by at least two spaces.[^2]
[^2]: The point of this rule is to ensure that normal paragraphs
starting with people's initials, like
- B. Russell was an English philosopher.
+ B. Russell was an English philosopher.
do not get treated as list items.
This rule will not prevent
- (C) 2007 Joe Smith
+ (C) 2007 Joe Smith
from being interpreted as a list item. In this case, a backslash
escape can be used:
- (C\) 2007 Joe Smith
+ (C\) 2007 Joe Smith
The `fancy_lists` extension also allows '`#`' to be used as an
ordered list marker in place of a numeral:
@@ -2489,9 +2486,9 @@ roman numerals:
9) Ninth
10) Tenth
11) Eleventh
- i. subone
- ii. subtwo
- iii. subthree
+ i. subone
+ ii. subtwo
+ iii. subthree
Pandoc will start a new list each time a different type of list
marker is used. So, the following will create three lists:
@@ -2523,9 +2520,9 @@ Pandoc supports definition lists, using the syntax of
: Definition 2
- { some code, part of Definition 2 }
+ { some code, part of Definition 2 }
- Third paragraph of definition 2.
+ Third paragraph of definition 2.
Each term must fit on one line, which may optionally be followed by
a blank line, and must be followed by one or more definitions.
@@ -2544,7 +2541,7 @@ at the beginning of a paragraph or other block element:
: Definition
with lazy continuation.
- Second paragraph of the definition.
+ Second paragraph of the definition.
If you leave space before the definition (as in the example above),
the text of the definition will be treated as a paragraph. In some
@@ -2607,9 +2604,9 @@ cases" involving lists. Consider this source:
+ First
+ Second:
- - Fee
- - Fie
- - Foe
+ - Fee
+ - Fie
+ - Foe
+ Third
@@ -2632,7 +2629,7 @@ What if you want to put an indented code block after a list?
- item one
- item two
- { my code block }
+ { my code block }
Trouble! Here pandoc (like other Markdown implementations) will treat
`{ my code block }` as the second paragraph of item two, and not as
@@ -2647,7 +2644,7 @@ any format:
<!-- end of list -->
- { my code block }
+ { my code block }
You can use the same trick if you want two consecutive lists instead
of one big list:
@@ -2693,9 +2690,9 @@ Simple tables look like this:
Right Left Center Default
------- ------ ---------- -------
- 12 12 12 12
- 123 123 123 123
- 1 1 1 1
+ 12 12 12 12
+ 123 123 123 123
+ 1 1 1 1
Table: Demonstration of simple table syntax.
@@ -2722,9 +2719,9 @@ The column headers may be omitted, provided a dashed line is used
to end the table. For example:
------- ------ ---------- -------
- 12 12 12 12
- 123 123 123 123
- 1 1 1 1
+ 12 12 12 12
+ 123 123 123 123
+ 1 1 1 1
------- ------ ---------- -------
When headers are omitted, column alignments are determined on the basis
@@ -2742,11 +2739,11 @@ not supported). Here is an example:
Header Aligned Aligned Aligned
----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
First row 12.0 Example of a row that
- spans multiple lines.
+ spans multiple lines.
Second row 5.0 Here's another one. Note
- the blank line between
- rows.
+ the blank line between
+ rows.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Table: Here's the caption. It, too, may span
@@ -2768,11 +2765,11 @@ Headers may be omitted in multiline tables as well as simple tables:
----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
First row 12.0 Example of a row that
- spans multiple lines.
+ spans multiple lines.
Second row 5.0 Here's another one. Note
- the blank line between
- rows.
+ the blank line between
+ rows.
----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
: Here's a multiline table without headers.
@@ -3532,7 +3529,7 @@ If you just want a regular inline image, just make sure it is not
the only thing in the paragraph. One way to do this is to insert a
nonbreaking space after the image:
- ![This image won't be a figure](/url/of/image.png)\
+ ![This image won't be a figure](/url/of/image.png)\
Note that in reveal.js slide shows, an image in a paragraph
by itself that has the `stretch` class will fill the screen,
@@ -3651,14 +3648,14 @@ Pandoc's Markdown allows footnotes, using the following syntax:
[^longnote]: Here's one with multiple blocks.
- Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they
+ Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they
belong to the previous footnote.
- { some.code }
+ { some.code }
- The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first
- line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like
- multi-paragraph list items.
+ The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first
+ line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like
+ multi-paragraph list items.
This paragraph won't be part of the note, because it
isn't indented.
@@ -3758,16 +3755,16 @@ YAML-encoded references, for example:
id: WatsonCrick1953
author:
- family: Watson
- given: J. D.
+ given: J. D.
- family: Crick
- given: F. H. C.
+ given: F. H. C.
issued:
- date-parts:
- - - 1953
- - 4
- - 25
+ date-parts:
+ - - 1953
+ - 4
+ - 25
title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose
- nucleic acid'
+ nucleic acid'
title-short: Molecular structure of nucleic acids
container-title: Nature
volume: 171
@@ -3968,7 +3965,7 @@ the document, for example:
Author: John Doe
Date: September 1, 2008
Comment: This is a sample mmd title block, with
- a field spanning multiple lines.
+ a field spanning multiple lines.
See the MultiMarkdown documentation for details. If `pandoc_title_block` or
`yaml_metadata_block` is enabled, it will take precedence over
@@ -3998,7 +3995,7 @@ and image references. This extension should not be confused with the
This is a reference ![image][ref] with multimarkdown attributes.
[ref]: http://path.to/image "Image title" width=20px height=30px
- id=myId class="myClass1 myClass2"
+ id=myId class="myClass1 myClass2"
#### Extension: `mmd_header_identifiers` ####
@@ -4022,10 +4019,10 @@ in several respects:
[^6]: To see why laziness is incompatible with relaxing the requirement
of a blank line between items, consider the following example:
- bar
- : definition
- foo
- : definition
+ bar
+ : definition
+ foo
+ : definition
Is this a single list item with two definitions of "bar," the first of
which is lazily wrapped, or two list items? To remove the ambiguity
@@ -4427,7 +4424,7 @@ with the `src` attribute. For example:
<audio controls="1">
<source src="http://example.com/music/toccata.mp3"
- data-external="1" type="audio/mpeg">
+ data-external="1" type="audio/mpeg">
</source>
</audio>