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author | John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu> | 2019-10-11 10:06:01 -0700 |
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committer | John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu> | 2019-10-11 10:06:01 -0700 |
commit | 2f32b5316fe2bde18835041f1d45fc363ddb93e4 (patch) | |
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More documentation of default files
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diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index 600cc3d23..f98a17fbc 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -1575,6 +1575,22 @@ ignore-args: false trace: false ``` +Fields that are omitted will just have their regular +default values. So a defaults file can be as simple as +one line: + +``` yaml +verbosity: INFO +``` + +Default files can be placed in the `defaults` subdirectory of +the user data directory and used from any directory. For +example, one could create a file specifying defaults for writing +letters, save it as `letter.yaml` in the `defaults` subdirectory +of the user data directory, and then invoke these defaults +from any directory using `pandoc --defaults letter` +or `pandoc -dletter`. + # Templates When the `-s/--standalone` option is used, pandoc uses a template to |