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| author | John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com> | 2013-09-19 21:04:58 -0700 |
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| committer | John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com> | 2013-09-19 21:04:58 -0700 |
| commit | df313b859f19857a9773627d60bf2e6c8d6ba9b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e9730bdbb21b5b5d98d16499ad5a7f14dd44c18 | |
| parent | 87def47e87d7d8ba20dabc323e7b91a424b95406 (diff) | |
| download | pandoc-df313b859f19857a9773627d60bf2e6c8d6ba9b3.tar.gz | |
Added small explanation of difference btw `-M` and `-V`.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 6 |
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@@ -289,7 +289,11 @@ Reader options : Set the metadata field *KEY* to the value *VAL*. A value specified on the command line overrides a value specified in the document. Values will be parsed as YAML boolean or string values. If no value is - specified, the value will be treated as Boolean true. + specified, the value will be treated as Boolean true. Like + `--variable`, `--metadata` causes template variables to be set. + But unlike `--variable`, `--metadata` affects the metadata of the + underlying document (which is accessible from filters and may be + printed in some output formats). `--normalize` : Normalize the document after reading: merge adjacent |