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authorJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2019-11-02 08:24:39 -0700
committerJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2019-11-02 08:24:39 -0700
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Document how to use custom writers with `--standalone`.
Closes #5866.
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@@ -5796,6 +5796,13 @@ which you can modify according to your needs, do
pandoc --print-default-data-file sample.lua
+Note that custom writers have no default template. If you want
+to use `--standalone` with a custom writer, you will need to
+specify a template manually using `--template` or add a new
+default template with the name
+`default.NAME_OF_CUSTOM_WRITER.lua` to the `templates`
+subdirectory of your user data directory (see [Templates]).
+
[lua]: http://www.lua.org
# A note on security